Article: Prevalence of Insomnia Complaints and its Consequences in Kuwaiti College Students

Objective: To estimate the prevalence rates of, and gender differences in insomnia complaints and its consequences, as well as to assess the reliability and validity of the Insomnia Scale.

Method: 2,210 male and female non-clinical Kuwaiti college students participated. Their ages ranged from 16 to 37. Insomnia scale (IS) comprising 12 items was administered in group sessions. Point prevalence rate was computed as the summation of the percentages of responses in the two options "Much" and "Very much" on each item during the most recent month.

Results: The IS has acceptable test-retest and alpha reliabilities, and good convergent validity. The prevalence of the 12 IS items ranged from 4.1% ...

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