Factors related to increased daytime sleepiness during the menopausal transition as evaluated by the Epworth Sleepiness Scale

Maturitas

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-80

  Chedraui, Peter ^a,b   Pérez López, Faustino R ^c   Mendoza, Marcela ^b   Leimberg, María L ^b   Martínez, María A ^b   Vallarino, Varinia ^b   Hidalgo, Luis ^a,b  

^a Hospital Gineco Obstétrico Enrique C Sotomayor   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE SANTIAGO DE GUAYAQUIL   (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climacteric; Epworth Sleepiness Scale; Hot flushes; Insomnia; Menopause; Menopause Rating Scale; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECUADOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMATURE EJACULATION; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SITTING;

EID: 72149111113     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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