PROMIS Sleep Disturbance
What It Measures
The PROMIS Sleep Disturbance item bank is a standardized self-report instrument developed under the National Institutes of Health (NIH) PROMIS initiative to evaluate perceived sleep quality, sleep depth, and restoration, along with difficulty falling and staying asleep and satisfaction with sleep. It does not capture symptoms of specific sleep disorders, nor does it collect sleep quantities such as total sleep time or time to fall asleep.
The adult bank holds 27 items administered as a fixed short form or computer adaptive test (CAT) with a seven-day recall window, scored on a population-normed T-score metric centered at 50, where higher scores indicate greater disturbance. It pairs with the companion Sleep-Related Impairment bank, which captures daytime consequences; together the two separate the nighttime and daytime halves of sleep-wake function.
PROMIS Global Health-10 is officially listed in the HealthMeasures library as the PROMIS Short Form v1.0 – Sleep Disturbances 4a (versions 6a, 8a, and 8b are also available)
Additional Notes
Learn More: Read our overview on PROMIS Measures for Clinicians.
Licensing Notes: PROMIS® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. PROMIS instruments are publicly available through HealthMeasures without licensing or royalty fees for individual clinical and educational use. However, integrating these tools into an electronic platform or EHR requires HealthMeasures Electronic Administration Permission (HEAP) to ensure digital formatting and scoring validity.
