Validation of the Arabic version of the Epworth Sleepiness Scale

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 297-302

  Ahmed, Anwar E ^a   Fatani, Abdulhamid ^a   Al Harbi, Abdullah ^a   Al Shimemeri, Abdullah ^a   Ali, Yosra Z ^a   Baharoon, Salim ^a   Al Jahdali, Hamdan ^a  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Daytime sleepiness; Epworth sleepiness scale; Sleep disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; SLEEP PATTERN; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; LANGUAGE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DISORDERS;

ADULT; ARAB WORLD; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DISORDERS; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 84912521225     PISSN: 22106006     EISSN: 22106014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jegh.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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