The meaning of sleep quality among individuals with insomnia and normal sleepers was broadly similar. A comprehensive assessment of a patient's appraisal of their sleep quality may require an assessment of waking and daytime variables.

Given the chronicity and serious adverse consequences of insomnia, this study suggests that programs of public health awareness designed to reduce the perception of insomnia as trivial and to increase awareness of the effective treatments available may be important for reducing the prevalence of insomnia in the United Kingdom.