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Sleepiness and vigilance tests
Swiss Medical Weekly, 2009 Objective assessments of subjective complaints such as sleepiness, tiredness or fatigue using sleepiness and vigilance tests aim to identify its causes and to judge the fitness to drive or to work of the affected person. "Vigilance" comprises wakefulness, alertness and attention and is therefore not merely reciprocal to sleepiness.
Mathis, Johannes, Hess, C W
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Social outbreak and its association with insomnia and daytime sleepiness in Chile [PDF]
Sleep Science, 2022 Objectives: To associate the effects of the social outbreak with insomnia and daytime sleepiness according to the distance from the riots. Material and Methods: Cross-sectional analytical study; a non-probabilistic sampling was carried out at a national ...
Rafael Andrés Pizarro-Mena +2 more
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Changes in Sleep Patterns in Korean Early Adolescents during Sexual Maturation [PDF]
Annals of Child Neurology, 2022 Purpose Teenagers’ sleep patterns show physiological delays influenced by sexual maturation and other external time-related factors. However, Korean adolescents show differences in the onset of pubertal development and have shorter sleep durations than ...
Taehwan Han +7 more
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Kleine–Levin Syndrome: A case report
Sleep Science, 2014 The Kleine–Levin Syndrome is a differential diagnosis for patients with diurnal excessive sleepiness and a suspicion of narcolepsy. It is characterized by paroxysmal attacks of diurnal excessive sleepiness, associated with one or more symptoms of ...
Taís Figueiredo de Araújo Lima +9 more
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Sleepiness and Depression in Parkinson’s Disease Patients Treated with Ropinirole and Levodopa [PDF]
Journal of Movement Disorders, 2017 Objective We aimed to investigate the effect of ropinirole on excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) and depression in Parkinson’s disease (PD) with a large population.
Suk Yun Kang +14 more
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The effect of chewing gum on physiological and self-rated measures of alertness and daytime sleepiness [PDF]
, 2012 The proposition that chewing gum can improve alertness was investigated via both physiological and self-rated measures. The Pupillographic Sleepiness Test (PST) provided a measure of pupillary unrest (PUI); a physiological index of daytime sleepiness ...
Jenks, R. +22 more
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Hazard perception performance and visual scanning behaviours: The effect of sleepiness [PDF]
, 2022 Driver sleepiness accounts for a substantial proportion of crashes in Australia and Worldwide. Young adults are overrepresented in sleep-related crashes and are more susceptible to sleepiness, resulting in impaired attention and driving performance ...
Watling, Christopher N., Home, Madison
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Mood, sleepiness, and weight gain after three years on CPAP therapy for sleep apnoea
European Clinical Respiratory Journal, 2021 Background: The prevalence of obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) keeps on rising. Daytime sleepiness resulting from fragmented sleep is the prime symptom, and obesity the major risk factor for OSAS.
Miia M. Aro +3 more
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The use of citalopram for the treatment of cataplexy
Sleep Science, 2014 This is a series of cases describing the use of citalopram for the treatment of cataplexy in patients with narcolepsy. Cataplexy is the most specific symptom of narcolepsy, being characterized by a sudden and temporary loss of muscle tonus, triggered by ...
Hassana de Almeida Fonseca +10 more
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Life, 2022 Excessive daytime sleepiness in obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is often measured differently by patients and their partners. This study investigated the association between patient- and partner-completed Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) scores and a ...
Konstantinos Chaidas +3 more
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