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Epworth sleepiness scale

Ronald D. Chervin
- 01 May 2003 - 
- Vol. 4, Iss: 3, pp 175-176
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This article is published in Sleep Medicine.The article was published on 2003-05-01. It has received 3630 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Epworth Sleepiness Scale & Sleep debt.

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Prevalence, comorbidities and risk factors of restless legs syndrome in the Korean elderly population – results from the Korean Longitudinal Study on Health and Aging

TL;DR: The prevalence of RLS in the Korean elderly population was comparable with that in the Caucasian population and RLS had undesirable effects on mood, sleep quality and general wellbeing of elderly individuals.
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Sleeping with the enemy: sleep and quality of life in patients with lung cancer.

TL;DR: Poor sleep quality is common in patients receiving treatment for NSCLC and is related to poorer QOL and respiratory symptoms and a positive screen for sleep disturbance warrants a thorough sleep assessment using practice guidelines and, if necessary, referral to a sleep specialist for diagnosis and treatment.
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Clinical Characteristics of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

TL;DR: To examine whether traditional risk factors are common in older adults with obstructive sleep apnea, a large number of them are known to be common in younger adults with OSA.
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Brief and distinct empirical sleepiness and fatigue scales.

TL;DR: The important clinical implication of the new Empirical Sleepiness and Fatigue Scales is in the ability to identify "sleepiness which is not fatigue," a construct closely related to primary sleep disorders, such as sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome, for which there is both available and effective treatment.
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Sex differences in the associations of obstructive sleep apnoea with epidemiological factors.

TL;DR: Substantial sex differences exist in the associations with various factors, suggesting sex-specific mechanisms in OSA, and these include physical inactivity, hypertension and daytime sleepiness.
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Daytime Sleepiness, Snoring, and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: The Epworth Sleepiness Scale

TL;DR: The Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) as mentioned in this paper is a simple questionnaire measuring the general level of daytime sleepiness, called here the average sleep propensity This is a measure of the probability of falling asleep in a variety of situations.
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Relation of sleepiness to respiratory disturbance index: the Sleep Heart Health Study.

TL;DR: It is concluded that SDB is associated with excess sleepiness in community-dwelling, middle-aged and older adults, not limited to those with clinically apparent sleep apnea.
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The Epworth Sleepiness Scale may not reflect objective measures of sleepiness or sleep apnea

TL;DR: The data suggest that the subjectively derived ES cannot be used as a surrogate for the objectively determined Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSL) or measures of sleep apnea severity.
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Sleepiness and driving: the experience of U.K. car drivers

TL;DR: The accident liability of the drivers has been evaluated using a multivariate statistical model; for some drivers, accident liability is shown to be sensitive to daytime sleepiness.
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