Normative values of the German Epworth Sleepiness Scale: Results from a multicenter study

Somnologie

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 272-278

  Sauter, Cornelia ^a,b   Popp, Roland ^c   Danker Hopfe, Heidi ^b   Büttner, Antje ^d   Wilhelm, Barbara ^e   Binder, Ralf ^f   Böhning, Wilfried ^g   Weeß, Hans Günther ^f  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^e BG Clinic Tuebingen   (Germany)

^f Pfalzklinikum ^*  (Germany)

^g Karl Hansen Klinik GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

ESS; Excessive daytime sleepiness; Subjective rating scale

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; NICOTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANDECKER SLEEP DISORDERS INVENTORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; RATING SCALE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 35848933457     PISSN: 14329123     EISSN: 1439054X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11818-007-0322-8     Document Type: Article

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