Validation Study of the Richards-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire in Patients with Acute Stroke.
Eleonora RolloGiacomo Della MarcaIrene ScalaCristina BuccarellaTommaso RozeraCatello VollonoGiovanni FrisulloAldobrando BroccoliniValerio BrunettiPublished in: Journal of personalized medicine (2022)
Sleep disorders are frequent in acute stroke. The Richards-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire (RCSQ) is a validated scale for the sleep assessment in intensive care unit. The aim of the present study is to validate RCSQ for use in patients with acute stroke. We performed a validation study by comparing the RCSQ with polysomnography (PSG), the standardized measure of sleep. Inclusion criteria were age ≥ 18 years and a radiologically confirmed diagnosis of stroke. Exclusion criteria were global aphasia, extreme severity of clinical conditions and inability to attend PSG. All patients underwent PSG in a stroke unit, the day after a subjective sleep assessment by means of the RCSQ. The RCSQ was compared with PSG parameters to assess the degree of concordance of the two measures. The cohort consisted of 36 patients. Mean RCSQ score was 61.5 ± 24.8. The total score of the RCSQ showed a good degree of concordance with the sleep efficiency index of PSG. Accuracy of the RCSQ was 70%, sensitivity 71% and specificity 68%. The RCSQ is a good tool for screening the sleep quality in the setting of a stroke unit. Therefore, it could be useful to select the patients who might beneficiate from an instrumental sleep evaluation.
Keyphrases
- sleep quality
- physical activity
- intensive care unit
- depressive symptoms
- end stage renal disease
- atrial fibrillation
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- obstructive sleep apnea
- peritoneal dialysis
- patient reported
- sleep apnea
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- brain injury
- cerebral ischemia
- structural basis
- mechanical ventilation