Clinical Study
Melatonin Supplementation in Patients with Complete Tetraplegia and Poor Sleep
Table 3
Subjective sleep reports the night prior to (baseline) and last night of the two-week melatonin supplementation phase.
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. Note: values are medians (range). The basic scale for answer alternatives is as follows: 1 = never or less than once a month; 2 = less than once per week; 3 = on 1-2 days per week; 4 = on 3–5 days per week; 5 = daily or almost daily.b Answer alternatives: 1 = usually I don’t wake up at night; 2 = once per night; 3 = two times; 4 = 3-4 times; 5 = at least five times per nightc. Answer alternatives: 1 = well; 2 = rather well; 3 = neither well nor badly; 4 = rather badly; 5 = badlyd. Answer alternatives: 1 = i don’t snore; 2 = my snoring sounds regular and it is of low voice; 3 = it sounds regular but rather loud; 4 = it sounds regular but it is very loud (other people hear my snoring in the next room); 5 = i snore very loud and intermittently (there are silent breathing pauses when snoring is not heard and at times very loud snorts with gasping). |