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Article: QualityMetric Offers Way to Measure the Impact of Sleep Problems on Individuals and Groups.
- Article from:
- Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week
- Article date:
- June 6, 2009
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There are few things as vital to health and well-being as a good night's sleep. Yet millions of us -- nearly 50 million according to the National Sleep Foundation -- suffer from chronic sleep problems or disorders. Every year, more and more scientific studies are showing correlations between poor or insufficient sleep and disease. Now there is a simple, easy way to quantify and measure sleep problems with patient populations (see also QualityMetric Incorporated).
The MOS Sleep Scale was originally developed in the Medical Outcomes Study (MOS), a four-year observational study of the health outcomes for chronically ill patients. The MOS Sleep Scale measures six ...