Resources

Useful downloads

Within this section you will find a number of useful physician and patient resources. Some resources are in PDF format. You need Adobe^® Reader^®, available free from Adobe, to download, view, and print PDF files.

Physician Downloads

Sleep Quality Test
(adapted from the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Buysee et al, Psychiatry Res. 1989, 28(2), 193-213)

Start the test with your patient

The Leeds Sleep Evaluation Questionnaire (LSEQ) is a validated, standardised instrument for the subjective measurement of sleep parameters, which was developed in 1978.^1,2 It comprises ten questions, which retrospectively assess changes in four domains of sleep and morning behaviour.
Download the Leeds Sleep Evaluation Questionnaire³

The WHO-5 Well-being Index is a validated and sensitive tool for assessing changes in patients' QOL.⁴
Download the English version of the WHO-5 Well-being Index. Additional language versions are available from the WHO-5 Well-being Index website: www.who-5.org.

Sleep Assessment Tool
(adapted from the Leeds Sleep Assessment Questionnaire (LSEQ), Parrott & Hindmarch 1978)
Download the 'Sleep Assessment Tool'

Patient Downloads

Online Sleep Diary
This tool will give your patients the possibility to measure their sleep over weeks and months. They can create their own profile on this webpage and use the sleep diary to monitor their sleep over certain periods of time - e.g. 3 weeks. The results may form a foundation for their consultation with the physician.

How to start the online Sleep Diary.

Alternatively, your patient may prefer to keep a paper record of how well much they sleep at night, the quality of their sleep, as well as how they feel during the day.

Download and print a 28 day 'Sleep Diary'

Getting back into the rhythm of sleep: Sleep advice for people with insomnia.
This leaflet is for adults with insomnia. It offers tips on how to sleep better and gives details on what normal sleep is and what insomnia is.

Download the 'Sleep advice for people with insomnia' leaflet

References:
1. Parrot AC, Hindmarch I. Factor analysis of a sleep evaluation questionnaire. Psychological Med 1978; 8: 325–329.
2. Zisapel N, Laudon M. Subjective assessment of the effects of CNS-active drugs on sleep by the Leeds sleep evaluation questionnaire: a review. Human Psychopharmacol 2003; 18: 1–20.
3. Parrott AC, Hindmarch I. Factor analysis of a sleep evaluation questionnaire. Psychol Med. 1978 May;8(2):325-9
4. Bech P, Olsen LR, Kjoller M, et al. Measuring well-being rather than the absence of distress symptoms: a comparison of the SF-36 Mental Health subscale and the WHO-Five Well-Being Scale. Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 2003; 12: 85–91.