title: Translating the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index into Arabic.
abstract: This descriptive correlational study describes the translation process and the psychometric testing of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). The PSQI has been successfully translated into Arabic and back-translated into English by 10 Arabic bilingual translators. Then the PSQI is tested in a sample of 35 healthy Arabic bilinguals.The internal consistency reliability for the Global PSQI demonstrates borderline acceptability (Cronbach's alpha = .65). The reliability is further supported by moderate to high correlations between five PSQI components and the global PSQI score (r = .53 to .82, p < .01). Convergent validity is supported by the global PSQI correlating strongly with the Insomnia Severity Index (r = .76) and moderately with the related construct of the Medical Outcome Study Short Form-36 vitality subscale (r = -.33). Further testing of the PSQI is needed in a larger Arabic population, both clinical and healthy populations, living in their native countries.
authors.affiliation: Al-Zaytoonah University, P.O. Box 130, Amman 11733, Jordan. ksuleiman@alzaytoonah.edu.jo
authors.forename: Khaled H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Suleiman
authors.forename: Bernice C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Yates
authors.forename: Ann M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: Bunny
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pozehl
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Meza
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012890:Sleep; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014175:Translating