Clinical Significance and Cut-Off Scores for the Pre-Sleep Arousal Scale in Chronic Insomnia Disorder: A Replication in a Clinical Sample.

Conclusions: Self-reported pre-sleep somatic symptoms are a marker of comorbid anxiety and, potentially chronic pain, impacting nighttime sleep. The optimal cutoff scores of 14 and 20 proposed herein can help clinicians with case formulation, with tailoring BSM treatments and their targets.
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Source: Behavioral Sleep Medicine - September 22, 2019 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Puzino K, Amatrudo G, Sullivan A, Vgontzas AN, Fernandez-Mendoza J Tags: Behav Sleep Med Source Type: research