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This five-item, visual analogue scale was designed as an outcome measure for assessing the perception of sleep in critically ill patients [1]. The scale evaluates perceptions of depth of sleep, sleep onset latency, number of awakenings, time spent awake, and overall sleep quality.
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Shahid, A., Wilkinson, K., Marcu, S., Shapiro, C.M. (2011). Richards–Campbell Sleep Questionnaire (RCSQ). In: Shahid, A., Wilkinson, K., Marcu, S., Shapiro, C. (eds) STOP, THAT and One Hundred Other Sleep Scales. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9893-4_73
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