Normative values of the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), derived from a large German sample

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1337-1345

  Sander, Christian ^a   Hegerl, Ulrich ^a   Wirkner, Kerstin ^a   Walter, Nadja ^a   Kocalevent, Rüya Daniela ^b   Petrowski, Katja ^c   Glaesmer, Heide ^a   Hinz, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Daytime sleepiness; Epidemiology; Normative values; Population based study; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; NICOTINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 15; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 8; SLEEP TIME; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SMOKING; SOMNOLENCE; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SMOKING; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 84970963375     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: 15221709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-016-1363-7     Document Type: Article

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