TY - JOUR
AU1 - Bender, Amy
AU2 - Lawson, Doug
AU3 - Werthner, Penny
AU4 - Samuels, Charles
AB - Background: Previous research has established that general sleep screening questionnaires are not valid and reliable in an athlete population. The Athlete Sleep Screening Questionnaire (ASSQ) was developed to address this need. While the initial validation of the ASSQ has been established, the clinical validity of the ASSQ has yet to be determined. The main objective of the current study was to evaluate the clinical validity of the ASSQ. Methods: Canadian National Team athletes (N = 199; mean age 24.0 ± 4.2 years, 62% females; from 23 sports) completed the ASSQ. A subset of athletes (N = 46) were randomized to the clinical validation sub-study which required subjects to complete an ASSQ at times 2 and 3 and to have a clinical sleep interview by a sleep medicine physician (SMP) who rated each subjects’ category of clinical sleep problem and provided recommendations to improve sleep. To assess clinical validity, the SMP category of clinical sleep problem was compared to the ASSQ. Results: The internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.74) and test-retest reliability (r = 0.86) of the ASSQ were acceptable. The ASSQ demonstrated good agreement with the SMP (Cohen’s kappa = 0.84) which yielded a diagnostic sensitivity of 81%, specificity 
TI - The Clinical Validation of the Athlete Sleep Screening Questionnaire: an Instrument to Identify Athletes that Need Further Sleep Assessment
JF - Sports Medicine - Open
DO - 10.1186/s40798-018-0140-5
DA - 2018-06-04
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/the-clinical-validation-of-the-athlete-sleep-screening-questionnaire-CQ0yqeljUW
SP - 1
EP - 8
VL - 4
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -