Validation of the Urdu version of the Epworth sleepiness scale

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 986-988

  Surani, Asif Anwar ^a   Ramar, Kannan ^b   Surani, Arif Anwar ^a   Khaliqdina, Jehangir Shehryar ^a   Subramanian, Shyam ^c   Surani, Salim ^d  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS); Excessive daytime sleepiness; Urdu language; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF REPORT; TRANSLATING; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 84865845819     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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