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Sleep diary is a method used to assess the subjective experience of sleep-wake patterns. Sleep diaries are completed daily for one week or more. Diaries entry includes various data on sleep wake habits (bedtime, lights out time, latency to sleep onset…), and the evolution of the sleep wake patterns over long period of time allow to a better analyse of the sleep disorders. Data of the sleep diaries are correlated with the objective sleep measurement assessed by polysomnographic recordings or actigraphy. Sleep diary is inexpensive, relatively easy to administer, and provides data on patients' perceived sleep. So sleep diary is largely used in sleep centre for evaluation of insomnia, circadian rhythm disorder, excessive sleepiness and therapeutic efficacy.