Validation of the French version of the Ford insomnia response to stress test and the association between sleep reactivity and hyperarousal

Chen, I.; Jarrin, Denise C.; Rochefort, and Alain; Lamy, Manon; Ivers, Hans; Morin, Charles M.

doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2015.02.1510

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“…A recent study by the Morin group in Canada supported these findings by showing that higher FIRST scores were associated with longer self‐reported sleep latency, higher somatic arousal and elevated heart rate in a sample of 45 good sleepers (Chen et al., ). In a subsample of 14 subjects, the authors examined whether self‐reported sleep reactivity on the FIRST was associated with PSG‐defined sleep disturbances.…”

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confidence: 88%

“…Exploratory factor analysis identified a single‐factor structure for the FIRST, comprised of nine items accounting for 25.7% of the variance among all 27 items. This single‐factor nine‐item structure has also been validated for use in early pregnancy (Gelaye et al., ) and translated into Spanish (Gelaye et al., ), Japanese (Nakajima et al., ), European Portuguese (Marques, Allen Gomes, Drake, Roth, & De Azevedo, ), French (Chen et al., ), German (Dieck, Helbig, Drake, & Backhaus, ) and Italian (Palagini et al., ).…”

Section: Measuring Sleep Reactivitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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The impact of stress on sleep: Pathogenic sleep reactivity as a vulnerability to insomnia and circadian disorders

Kalmbach

Anderson

Drake

2018

Journal of Sleep Research

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Sleep reactivity is the trait-like degree to which stress exposure disrupts sleep, resulting in difficulty falling and staying asleep. Individuals with highly reactive sleep systems experience drastic deterioration of sleep when stressed, whereas those with low sleep reactivity proceed largely unperturbed during stress. Research shows that genetics, familial history of insomnia, female gender and environmental stress influence how the sleep system responds to stress. Further work has identified neurobiological underpinnings for sleep reactivity involving disrupted cortical networks and dysregulation in the autonomic nervous system and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Sleep reactivity is most pathologically and clinically pertinent when in excess, such that high sleep reactivity predicts risk for future insomnia disorder, with early evidence suggesting high sleep reactivity corresponds to severe insomnia phenotypes (sleep onset insomnia and short sleep insomnia). High sleep reactivity is also linked to risk of shift-work disorder, depression and anxiety. Importantly, stress-related worry and rumination may exploit sensitive sleep systems, thereby augmenting the pathogenicity of sleep reactivity. With the development of cost-effective assessment of sleep reactivity, we can now identify individuals at risk of future insomnia, shift-work disorder and mental illness, thus identifying a target population for preventive intervention. Given that insomniacs with high sleep reactivity tend to present with severe insomnia phenotypes, patient sleep reactivity may inform triaging to different levels of treatment. Future research on sleep reactivity is needed to clarify its neurobiology, characterize its long-term prospective associations with insomnia and shift-work disorder phenotypes, and establish its prognostic value for mental illness and other non-sleep disorders.

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Section: Sleep Reactivity Moderates the Impact Of Stress On Sleep Phymentioning

confidence: 88%

Section: Measuring Sleep Reactivitymentioning

confidence: 99%

The impact of stress on sleep: Pathogenic sleep reactivity as a vulnerability to insomnia and circadian disorders

Kalmbach

Anderson

Drake

2018

Journal of Sleep Research

351

224

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“…This is consistent with data, which suggest participants with high FIRST scores are more aroused than those with low FIRST scores. 1,11,14 It is possible that the FIRST may fluctuate as a function of the stressors perceived by an individual, and thus not reach the same level of stability as trait-anxiety. Further, those with chronic insomnia may be more habituated to their sleep disturbances, and may not necessarily attribute their sleep disturbances to specific stressful events as addressed by the FIRST.…”

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“…In its original publication, the FIRST test-retest reliability was 0.92 after 2 w in a sample of 10 participants. 7 More recently, in a sample of 45 participants, the test-retest reliability of a French version of the FIRST was 0.75 after 3 w. 11 Given the sparse test-retest data of the FIRST and the importance of such psychometric data given its wide-ranging use in the field, the main objective of the current study was to investigate the temporal stability of the FIRST over two 6-month intervals (i.e., baseline to 6 mo and 6 to 12 mo) in a population-based sample of adults with and without insomnia. The temporal stability of the FIRST was also compared with the stability of other validated scales that assess traits well known to correlate with insomnia (trait-anxiety and arousability).…”

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“…For example, high FIRST scores are positively correlated with presleep somatic and cognitive arousal, neuroticism, and anxiety trait measures. 1,11,14 More recently, clinically relevant cutoff values for the FIRST (i.e., > 16 and > 18) have been identified and are being used as a preventative tool to identify at-risk individuals for acute and chronic insomnia, respectively. 8 Sleep reactivity, as measured by the FIRST, has been termed a trait-like vulnerability.…”

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Temporal Stability of the Ford Insomnia Response to Stress Test (FIRST)

Jarrin

Chen

Ivers

et al. 2016

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

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Study Objectives: The Ford Insomnia Response to Stress Test (FIRST) is a self-report tool that measures sleep reactivity (i.e., vulnerability to experience situational insomnia under stressful conditions). Sleep reactivity has been termed a "trait-like" vulnerability; however, evidence of its long-term stability is lacking. The main objective of the current psychometric study was to investigate the temporal stability of the FIRST over two 6-mo intervals in a populationbased sample of adults with and without insomnia. The temporal stability of the FIRST was also compared with the temporal stability of other scales associated with insomnia (trait-anxiety, arousability). Methods: Participants included 1,122 adults (mean age = 49.9 y, standard deviation = 14.8; 38.8% male) presenting with an insomnia syndrome (n = 159), insomnia symptoms (n = 152), or good sleep (n = 811). Participants completed the FIRST, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (trait-anxiety), and the Arousal Predisposition Scale (arousability) on three different occasions: baseline and at 6-and 12-mo follow-up. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) were computed for all scales (baseline to 6 mo and 6 to 12 mo). Results: The FIRST yielded strong temporal stability from baseline to 6 mo among those with insomnia syndrome (ICC = 0.81), symptoms (ICC = 0.78), and good sleep (ICC = 0.81). Similar results were observed for 6 to 12 mo among those with insomnia syndrome (ICC = 0.74), insomnia symptoms (ICC = 0.82), and good sleep (ICC = 0.84). The stability of the FIRST was not comparable with the stability of trait-anxiety, but was somewhat comparable with the stability of arousability. Conclusions: Overall, the FIRST is a temporally reliable stable scale over 6-mo intervals. Future research is needed to corroborate the stability and trait-like measures of sleep reactivity with physiological, behavioural and personality measures.

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Sleep Reactivity as a Risk Factor for Psychopathology: A Review of Prospective Studies, Mechanisms, and Biological Correlates

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Jankowiak,

Iqal

et al. 2024

Curr Sleep Medicine Rep

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Validation of the French version of the Ford insomnia response to stress test and the association between sleep reactivity and hyperarousal

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The impact of stress on sleep: Pathogenic sleep reactivity as a vulnerability to insomnia and circadian disorders

The impact of stress on sleep: Pathogenic sleep reactivity as a vulnerability to insomnia and circadian disorders

Temporal Stability of the Ford Insomnia Response to Stress Test (FIRST)

Sleep Reactivity as a Risk Factor for Psychopathology: A Review of Prospective Studies, Mechanisms, and Biological Correlates

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