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    Jenkins Sleep Scale

    45

    Purpose Designed as an efficient and brief instru- Reliability and Validity In an initial psycho-
    ment for use in research, the four-item question metric analysis conducted by the developers [1],
    evaluates the frequency and intensity of certain the scale possessed an internal consistency rang-
    sleep difficulties in respondents. Questions address ing from .63 to .79.
    difficulty falling asleep, frequent awakenings dur-
    ing the night, trouble remaining asleep, and subjec- Obtaining a Copy A copy of the questionnaire
    tive feelings of fatigue and sleepiness despite is published in the original article published by
    receiving a typical night’s rest. Though the ques- Jenkins and colleagues [1].
    tionnaire is short, developers suggest that its four
    items have been shown to possess good predictive Direct correspondence to:
    value in previous studies [1]. However, with only C.D. Jenkins
    four items, it cannot begin to address the entire Department of Preventive Medicine
    spectrum of sleep disorders and should only be con- and Community Health
    sidered for use as a preliminary screening device. University of Texas Medical Branch
    Galveston, TX 77550, USA
    Population for Testing The scale has been vali-
    dated with two different testing populations, ages Scoring Respondents use a Likert-type scale to
    25–69 years. answer questions regarding the frequency with
    which they have experienced certain sleep diffi-
    Administration Requiring between 2 and 5 min culties over the past month: 0 means “not at all,”
    for completion, the instrument can be adminis- while 5 means “22–31 days.” Higher scores indi-
    tered through an interview or in a self-report, cate more acute sleep difficulties.
    pencil-and-paper format.

    A. Shahid et al. (eds.), STOP, THAT and One Hundred Other Sleep Scales, 203
    DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-9893-4_45, © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012
    204 45 Jenkins Sleep Scale

    Reprinted from Jenkins et al. [1]. Copyright © 1988, with permission from Elsevier.

    Reference Representative Studies Using Scale


    1. Jenkins, C. D., Stanton, B. A., Niemcryk, S. J., & Jerlock, M., Gaston-Johansson, F., Kjellgren, K., & Welin, C.
    Rose, R. M. (1988). A scale for the estimation of sleep (2006). Coping strategies, stress, physical activity and
    problems in clinical research. Journal of Clinical sleep in patients with unexplained chest pain. BMC
    Epidemiology, 41(4), 313–321. Nursing, 5(7).

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