Can we get more from the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) than just a single score?: A confirmatory factor analysis of the ESS

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 763-769

  Olaithe, Michelle ^a   Skinner, Timothy C ^b   Clarke, Jemma ^a   Eastwood, Peter ^a,c   Bucks, Romola S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

CFA; Confirmatory factor analysis; Epworth; ESS; Sleepiness; Somnificity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOMNOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878015803     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: 15221709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-012-0763-6     Document Type: Article

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