Measuring subjective sleepiness at work in hospital nurses: validation of a modified delivery format of the Karolinska Sleepiness Scale

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 731-739

  Geiger Brown, Jeanne ^a   Wieroney, Margaret ^b   Blair, Lori ^b   Zhu, Shijun ^a   Warren, Joan ^c   Scharf, Steven M ^d   Hinds, Pamela S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Karolinska Sleepiness Scale; Nurse schedule; Occupational fatigue; Sleepiness; Work schedule tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892864055     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: 15221709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-013-0935-z     Document Type: Article

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