The influence of age, gender, ethnicity, and insomnia on Epworth sleepiness scores: A normative US population

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 319-326

  Sanford, Stacy D ^a   Lichstein, Kenneth L ^a   Durrence, H Heith ^a   Riedel, Brant W ^a   Taylor, Daniel J ^a   Bush, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Epworth sleepiness scale; Ethnicity; Gender; Insomnia; Normative data; Season

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALERTNESS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROC CURVE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP PARAMETERS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646929441     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2006.01.010     Document Type: Article

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