Is poor sleep quality at high altitude separate from acute mountain sickness? Factor structure and internal consistency of the lake louise score questionnaire

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 334-337

  MacInnis, Martin J ^a   Lanting, Shawnda C ^b   Rupert, Jim L ^a   Koehle, Michael S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Department of Brain Health Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

acute mountain sickness; altitude illness; hypoxia; Nepal; psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; DIZZINESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LAKE LOUISE SCORE QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP QUALITY; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; DIZZINESS; DYSSOMNIAS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891591732     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: 15578682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2013.1030     Document Type: Article

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