QUALITY-OF-LIFE AND INSOMNIA VALIDATION-STUDY FOR A SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED QUESTIONNAIRE

A questionnaire was devised to assess changes in the quality of life o f insomniac patients when treated by a hypnotic. The questionnaire was validated in two groups of patients (60 non-insomniac and 52 insomnia c patients). The results of this study confirmed the relevance of the questionnaire and its power to distinguish between the two groups of p atients. A second study carried out simultaneously in 58 insomniac pat ients receiving treatment showed the internal reliability of the quest ionnaire and its reproducibility after 3 to 5 days.