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Sensitivity of Epworth Sleepiness Scale in Detecting Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Pakistani Adults [PDF]

Liaquat National Journal of Primary Care
Background: Self-reported measures of Excessive daytime Sleepiness, such as the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), have been widely used as a screening tool for OSA, but their accuracy in predicting OSA has been questioned.
Faisal Asad, Madiha Moin, Saif-ur-Rehman, Ubedullah   +3 more
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[Validating the Epworth sleepiness scale].

Revista de salud publica (Bogota, Colombia), 2008
Validating the Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS-VC) for use in Colombia .Individuals were included who consulted sleep centres in Bogotá, Pereira and Cali ( Colombia ). Study design consisted of eight phases: a pilot study for assessing the Spanish version of the scale, translation and retro-translation of the original ESS, a pilot test for evaluating ...
Heydy Luz, Chica-Urzola, Franklin, Escobar-Córdoba, Javier, Eslava-Schmalbach   +2 more
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Mexican Version of the Epworth Sleepiness Scale [PDF]

The Open Sleep Journal, 2009
The Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) has been reputed as a quick, valid, and reliable method to assess Daytime sleepiness (DS). Since its publication, it has been translated into a number of languages. Our aim was to determine valid- ity and reliability indicators of an Spanish language version ESS for Mexican population.
Ulises Jimenez-Correa, Reyes Haro, Adri n Poblano, Yoaly Arana-Lechuga, Guadalupe Teran-Perez, Rosa Obdulia Gonzalez-Robles, Javier Velazquez-Moctezuma   +6 more
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Factors affecting the occupational accident rates among nurses

Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP, 2019
Objective: In this hospital-based study, we aimed to determine occupational accident perceptions and occupational accident reasons in sample of Turkish nurses.
Ülfiye Çelikkalp, Filiz Dilek
doaj   +1 more source

To study the association between daytime sleepiness and cognition as tested by stroop test in Indian medical students

Journal of the Scientific Society, 2021
Context: Human populations have undergone a steady constant decline in sleep hours attributable to changes in environmental and social circumstances. Excessive daytime sleepiness has been associated with a decreased capacity to perform daily activities ...
Shilpa Khullar, Mitasha Singh, Suman Das, Kamya   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Definition of excessive daytime sleepiness in the general population: Feeling sleepy relates better to sleep‐related symptoms and quality of life than the Epworth Sleepiness Scale score. Results from an epidemiological study

Journal of Sleep Research, 2019
Many different subjective tools are being used to measure excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) but the most widely used is the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS). However, it is unclear if using the ESS is adequate on its own when assessing EDS.
E. H. Thorarinsdottir, Erla Bjornsdottir, B. Benediktsdóttir, C. Janson, T. Gislason, T. Aspelund, S. Kuna, A. Pack, E. Arnardóttir   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Validation of the Colombian version of the Karolinska sleepiness scale [PDF]

Sleep Science
Introduction: Currently, daytime sleepiness is a prevalent condition worldwide. Locally validated instruments for measuring sleepiness are required.
María Camila Laverde-López, Franklin Escobar-Córdoba, Javier Eslava-Schmalbach   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in children: state of the art [PDF]

, 2019
The obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) represents only part of a large group of pathologies of variable entity called respiratory sleep disorders (RSD) which include simple snoring and increased upper airway resistance syndrome (UARS).
Bellini, Chiara, Cammaroto, G., Colizza, A., de Vincentiis, M., De Vito, A., Firinu, E., Gobbi, R., Greco, A., Gulotta, G., Iannella, G., Magliulo, G., Meccariello, G., Pace, A., Pelucchi, S., Polimeni, A., Vicini, C., Visconti, I. C.   +16 more
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Detecting sleep apnoea syndrome in primary care with screening questionnaires and the Epworth sleepiness scale

Medical Journal of Australia, 2019
To examine the utility of apnoea screening questionnaires, alone and in combination with the Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS), for detecting obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in primary care.
C. Senaratna, J. Perret, A. Lowe, G. Bowatte, M. Abramson, Bruce R Thompson, C. Lodge, M. Russell, G. Hamilton, S. Dharmage   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Epworth Sleepiness Scale outcome in 616 brazilian medical students [PDF]

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 1997
The Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) measures daytime sleepiness in adults. This paper reports the following data in 616 medical students: 1 -ESS scores, 2-its correlation with the declared night sleep time, 3-comparison with ESS values obtained from Australia, 4-comparison of ESS values in a sub-population of 111 students tested early and late 1995 ...
Alóe, Flávio, Pedroso, André, Tavares, Stella Márcia   +2 more
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