Before visiting your doctor, keep a sleep diary for at least 2 weeks.

In any case, a sleep diary should be kept to aid in evaluation of treatment.

You likely will be asked to keep a sleep diary for 1 to 2 weeks before your sleep study.

A number of participants were also asked to keep a sleep diary for 6 days.

The information contained in a sleep diary includes some or all of the following points:

You may also be asked to keep a sleep diary.

You can even help your partner keep a detailed sleep diary for a couple of weeks to document the symptoms.

These "patients" can expect to spend several weeks keeping sleep diaries.

The sleep diary may be used in conjunction with actigraphy.

Print it out and use it or create your own sleep diary.