Additional Measurement Approaches for Sleep Disturbances. Comment on “A Transdiagnostic Self-management Web-Based App for Sleep Disturbance in Adolescents and Young Adults: Feasibility and Acceptability Study”

Authors’ Response to: Additional Measurement Approaches for Sleep Disturbances. Comment on “Transdiagnostic Self-management Web-Based App for Sleep Disturbance in Adolescents and Young Adults: Feasibility and Acceptability Study”

“…We thank Tsai and Liu [ 1 ] for their letter on our paper [ 2 ]. It is an interesting suggestion to include secondary measures of differing “objective” sleep constructs, such as electrical activity in a polysomnography (PSG), serum melatonin, glucose, or movement; however, prospective monitoring of habits and perception is the key measured construct in sleep health, as well as the diagnosis and treatment of insomnia.…”

“…This seems a pertinent time to remind the authors of the letter [ 1 ] that these are nonclinical participants who want to improve their sleep with a self-management app. Sleep health is important for teenagers, and one would not expect anomalies in melatonin or the PSG in nonclinical users, nor would one be able to detect a change with such a restricted range (ie, these values are likely in the normal range).…”