Instruments to study sleep disorders in climacteric women
Álvaro Monterrosa-Castro,
Katherin Portela-Buelvas,
Marlon Salguedo-Madrid,
Joulen Mo-Carrascal,
Carolina Duran-Méndez Leidy
Affiliations
Álvaro Monterrosa-Castro
Physician, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Facultad de Medicina, Grupo de Investigación Salud de la Mujer, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cartagena, Colombia
Katherin Portela-Buelvas
Physician, Grupo de Investigación Salud de la Mujer, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cartagena, Colombia
Marlon Salguedo-Madrid
Student, Facultad de Medicina, Grupo de Investigación Salud de la Mujer, Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de Cartagena, Colombia
Joulen Mo-Carrascal
Student, Facultad de Medicina, Grupo de Investigación Salud de la Mujer, Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de Cartagena, Colombia
Carolina Duran-Méndez Leidy
Student, Facultad de Medicina, Grupo de Investigación Salud de la Mujer, Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de Cartagena, Colombia
To identify the scales to assess sleep disorders applied to women with climacteric stage. Bibliographical research without intervention, the available information in scientific databases. Performed in PubMed, ScienceDirect, Scopus, Ebscohos OvidSP and Health Library. The words used in this article: insomnia, adjustment sleep disorder, questionnaires, studies and menopause. Publications of all types were included. Seven scales were identified: Insomnia Severity Index, Athens Insomnia Scale, Pittsburgh Quality of sleep Index, Epworth Sleepiness Scale, Jenkins Sleep Scale, Basic Nordic Sleep Questionnaire and The St Mary's Hospital Sleep Questionnaire. There are validated scales in multiple languages and considered appropriate for studying sleep disorders.
