Development of a Japanese version of the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (JESS) based on Item Response Theory

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 556-565

  Takegami, Misa ^a   Suzukamo, Yoshimi ^b   Wakita, Takafumi ^a   Noguchi, Hiroyuki ^c   Chin, Kazuo ^a   Kadotani, Hiroshi ^a   Inoue, Yuichi ^d   Oka, Yasunori ^d   Nakamura, Takaya ^a   Green, Joseph ^e   Johns, Murray W ^f   Fukuhara, Shunichi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NEUROPSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f Sleep Diagnostics Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Daytime sleepiness; Epworth Sleepiness Scale; Item Response Theory; Psychometric propensities; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARCOLEPSY; PILOT STUDY; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; THEORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSOMNOLENCE, IDIOPATHIC; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOLEPSY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349142341     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2008.04.015     Document Type: Article

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