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Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is a therapy technique for treating insomnia without (or alongside) medications. CBT-I aims to improve sleep habits and behaviors by identifying and changing thoughts and behaviors that prevent a person from sleeping well.
The test is based on subjectivity and therefore may not be accurate when factors such as: the test takers opinions on their sleep, how others view their sleepiness, education level, and others are considered. [11] The test can be biased as pre-emptive discussion of results can have an effect on the responses while the test is being taken. [4]
The Ford Insomnia Response to Stress Test is a diagnostic tool used to identify individuals predisposed to insomnia. It is a nine-item self-report instrument that tests the likelihood that an individual will get sleep disturbances following various stressful events.
Individuals with insomnia may have problems falling asleep, staying asleep, or a combination of both resulting in hyposomnia - i.e. insufficient quantity and poor quality of sleep. [69] Combining results from 17 studies on insomnia in China, a pooled prevalence of 15.0% is reported for the country. [70]
The following diagnostic systems and rating scales are used in psychiatry and clinical psychology. This list is by no means exhaustive or complete. This list is by no means exhaustive or complete. For instance, in the category of depression, there are over two dozen depression rating scales that have been developed in the past eighty years.
The Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB), [1] originally developed at the University of Cambridge in the 1980s but now provided in a commercial capacity by Cambridge Cognition, is a computer-based cognitive assessment system consisting of a battery of neuropsychological tests, administered to subjects using a touch screen computer.
In medicine, insomnia is widely measured using the Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS). AIS was first introduced in the year 2000 by a group of researchers [ 1 ] from Athens, Greece to assess the insomnia symptoms in patients with sleep disorders.
Studies have shown that the LNNB is stable over time. A study has shown that the lowest test re-test reliability of the LNNB is a .77 and this is within the limitations of clinical tests. [4] Also, studies have combined the Luria–Nebraska Battery with existing tests in psychology, speech, and education to look at the reliability of the battery.