Table 4

Proportion (%) of the item preference in the Sleep dimension of the Spanish NHP by sociodemographic and health status groups

Paired comparisons		Sociodemographic characteristics			Health status
		Gender					Age				Social class		Patient			Sleep dimension			Chronic conditions
		Male (n=125)	Female (n=127)				p	20–39 (n=85)			40–64 (n=84)	65+ (n=83)	p	IV–V (n=127)		I–III (n=125)	p		Yes (n=122)	No (n=130)	p	Non-scorer (n=64)	Scorer (n=62)	p	No (n=160)	Yes (n=62)	p
SL1 > SL2	83	84	^*	88	87	76	^*		80	87	^*		84	84	^*	77	89	^*	84	84	^*
SL1 > SL3	55	57	^*	56	60	52	^*		56	56	^*		53	59	^*	53	53	^*	56	55	^*
SL1 > SL4	76	79	^*	85	77	70	^*		74	81	^*		74	81	^*	66	89	^†	76	79	^*
SL1 > SL5	64	69	^*	74	73	53	^*		65	68	^†		60	73	^*	58	69	^*	67	66	^*
SL2 > SL3	41	35	^*	39	43	31	^*		44	31	^*		38	38	^*	39	39	^*	39	36	^*
SL2 > SL4	23	19	^*	22	13	28	^*		23	19	^*		22	20	^*	23	19	^*	22	20	^*
SL2 > SL5	17	13	^*	11	13	20	^*		17	13	^*		18	11	^*	20	11	^*	16	12	^*
SL3 > SL4	73	73	^*	87	69	63	^*		69	77	^†		72	74	^*	64	89	^†	74	72	^*
SL3 > SL5	60	50	^*	64	50	51	^*		52	58	^*		52	57	^*	53	58	^*	56	53	^*
SL4 > SL5	29	20	^*	20	25	29	^*		28	21	^*		20	30	^*	22	24	^*	21	30	^*

SL1 = “I take tablets to help me to sleep"; SL2 = “I'm waking in the early hours of the morning"; SL3 = “I lie awake for most of the night"; SL4 = “It takes me a long time to get to sleep"; SL5 = “I sleep badly at night”. ^*p>0.01, ^†p<0.01,^‡p<0.001.