An attempt of radar chart expression of a self‐rating scale for sleep disturbance

Abstract

We made an attempt to express a complaint of sleep disturbance by a self‐rating scale of radar chart mode. The questionnaire for sleep disturbance is made up of eight items. Each item was scored from grade 1 to 4. The score of each item was projected to the MY radar chart, designed by us. It is noted that this method is useful in following the effect of hypnotics on sleep disturbance.

Effects of bright light at lunchtime on sleep of patients in a geriatric hospital I

“…The present study showed that lunchtime bright light exposure administered for 3 weeks to patients with and without dementia in a geriatric hospital ameliorated their nocturnal sleep and daytime wakefulness. Previous reports suggested that bright light therapy was effective in patients with dementia 3–5 . The findings of the present study suggest that lunchtime bright light therapy may improve sleep–wakefulness patterns.…”

“…Nurses performed daily ratings each shift (day and night) for sleep–wakefulness disturbances according to the modified MY (Matsubara Yamaguch) radar chart 5 . The rating scale is made up of eight items.…”

Radar plots: a useful way for presenting multivariate health care data

“…As with other forms of radial plotting, the use of radar charts in the medical literature is rare, but present. Yamaguchi et al [19] used radar charts for monitoring multiple-item self-ratings of sleep disturbance over time; Kosaka et al [20] used radar charts to express quality-of-life factors in breast surgery patients; Minemawari and Kato [21] used the radar chart as a geriatric assessment system; and Jette and Jette [22] present comparisons of health-outcome data measured using various questionnaires with radar charts.…”

Spie charts, target plots, and radar plots for displaying comparative outcomes of health care

“…A particular radial plotting technique, called the ''radar plot,'' has been frequently used for graphing multivariate data in the health care field [14,18]. It is easy to implement with the most common software; however, the interpretation of the results strongly depends on the ordering of the indicators being displayed, and the presence of missing information for some indicators is impossible to distinguish from the ''zero'' value for other indicators.…”