Evaluation Of Sleep Quality In A Military Population: The Military Service Sleep Assessment (MSSA)

Abstract

Military personnel experience stressors unique to military service (e.g., deployments, shift work, family separation), elevating the risk of developing sleep disorders which negatively impact resilience and operational readiness. Poor sleep quality may contribute to numerous sleep, medical, and mental health disorders. Reliably evaluating sleep quality in military personnel provides salient clinical information for the diagnosis and treatment of disease related to poor sleep quality. Unfortunately, there is no self-report assessment designed to measure the sleep quality of active duty military personnel throughout their service. We developed the self-report Military Service Sleep Assessment (MSSA) for a prospective observational study to evaluate if there are differential responses to treatment between active duty women and men receiving standard of care, sleep-focused therapies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 23, 2019
Accession Number
AD1086601

Entities

People

  • Alan L. Peterson
  • Antoinette Brundige
  • Daniel J Taylor
  • F. A. Carrizales
  • Jessica Gill
  • Jim Mintxz
  • Kersi Gerwell
  • Krista E Pruiksma
  • Matthew S. Brock
  • Panagiotis Matsangas
  • Robert Vanecek
  • Shana Hansen
  • Shannon N. Foster
  • Sharon R Hasslen
  • Stacey Young-McCaughan
  • Vincent Mysliwiec

Organizations

  • 59th Medical Wing

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Biomedical Research
  • Delivery Of Health Care
  • Deployment
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Medical Personnel
  • Mental Health
  • Military Personnel
  • Natural Disasters
  • Operational Readiness
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Training
  • Veterans Health
  • Women'S Health

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Psychology

Readers

  • Circadian Sleep-Wake Regulation and Chronobiology
  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.