Table 1. Structure and scoring of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index-Korean version (PSQI-K)

Component No. of items Scoring items Description Scoring criteria Score range
C1. Subjective sleep quality 1 #6 Rating of overall sleep quality; direct score from item #6 very good=0, fairly good=1, fairly bad=2, very bad=3 0-3
C2. Sleep latency 2 #2, #5a Sum of the recoded score for item #2 and the score for item #5a 0=0, 1–2=1, 3–4=2, 5–6=3 0-3
C3. Sleep duration 1 #4 Total hours of actual sleep: direct score from item #4 >7 h=0, 6–7 h=1, 5–6 h=2, <5 h=3 0-3
C4. Habitual sleep efficiency 3 #1, #3, #4 Actual sleep hours (#4) / total hours in bed(#3-#1) × 100 ≥85%=0, 75–84%=1, 65–74%=2, <65%=3 0-3
C5. Sleep disturbance 9 #5b to #5j Sum of scores for 9 items (#5b to #5j) assessing sleep disturbances, such as waking up during the night, getting up to use the bathroom, coughing, and other sleep-related problems 0=0, 1–9=1, 10–18=2, 19–27=3 0-3
C6. Use of sleep medication 1 #7 Frequency of taking medication to sleep; direct score from item #7 none=0, <1/week=1, 1–2/week=2, ≥3/week=3 0-3
C7. Daytime dysfunction 2 #8, #9 Problems staying awake during daily activities and maintaining enthusiasm; sum of #8 and #9 0=0, 1–2=1, 3–4=2, 5–6=3 0-3
Global score Sum of C1–C7 Total of seven component scores Higher scores indicate poorer sleep quality 0-21
Note. Item #2 is scored as follows: ≤15 min=0, 16–30 min=1, 31–60 min=2, and >60 min=3. Items #5 and #8 are scored as follows: none=0, <1/week=1, 1–2/week=2, and ≥3/week=3. Item #9 is scored as follows: none=0, slight=1, moderate=2, and severe=3. This Table was adaptied from the appendix scoring guide reported by Sohn et al.(2012).