The Epworth Sleepiness Scale in Portuguese adults: from classical measurement theory to Rasch model analysis

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 693-701

  Sargento, Paulo ^a   Perea, Victoria ^b   Ladera, Valentina ^b   Lopes, Paulo ^a   Oliveira, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Classical measurement theory; Epworth Sleepiness Scale; Obstructive sleep apnea; Rasch rating scale model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84940007795     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: 15221709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-014-1078-6     Document Type: Article

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