Sleep Assessment Methods
Research gap analysis derived from 2 medicine papers in our local library.
The gap
Most studies rely on subjective measures like PSQI without validating against objective methods such as polysomnography or actigraphy in various populations including PLHIV, RA patients, children post-cardiac surgery, and obstructive sleep apnea patients.
Consensus across the literature
The papers collectively establish the need for more objective sleep assessment but leave open specific validation criteria and populations to be studied.
Research trend
Emerging — attention growing, methods still coalescing.
Supporting evidence — 2 representative gaps
- Poor sleep quality and associated factors people living with HIV on follow-up in Benin's National Teaching Hospital: a cross-sectional study (2026) · doi
The study measured sleep quality using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) in a single-center setting at CNHU-HKM in Benin, but did not employ objective sleep assessment tools such as polysomnography or actigraphy to validate subjective sleep quality measurements in people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy.
Keywords: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index PSQI polysomnography actigraphy sleep quality objective assessment - The mediating role of sleep quality in the association between inflammatory disease activity and health-related quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis (2026) · doi
Sleep quality was assessed via PSQI, a subjective measure; no polysomnography or actigraphy was performed.
Keywords: sleep quality assessed psqi subjective measure polysomnography actigraphy performed
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