Measurement properties and hierarchical item structure of the Epworth sleepiness scale in Parkinson's disease

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 102-109

  Hagell, Peter ^a,b   Broman, Jan Erik ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epworth sleepiness scale; Excessive daytime sleepiness; Parkinson's disease; Rasch analysis; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY CONTROL; RASCH ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SOMNOLENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33847045061     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2007.00570.x     Document Type: Article

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