Analysis of the 8 items of the Epworth Sleepiness Scale;Analyse der 8 fragen (items) der Epworth-Sleepiness-Scale

Somnologie

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 154-158

  Rühle, Karl Heinz ^a,b   Feier, Christine ^a   Galetke, Wolfgang ^a   Büttner, Antje ^a   Nilius, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epworth Sleepiness Scale; Sleep apnoea syndrome; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SOMNOLENCE;

EID: 28444483263     PISSN: 14329123     EISSN: 1439054X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-054X.2005.00058.x     Document Type: Article

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