A New Method for Measuring Daytime Sleepiness: The Epworth Sleepiness Scale
Abstract
The development and use of a new scale, the Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS), is described. This is a simple, self-administered questionnaire which is shown to provide a measurement of the subject's genera1level of daytime sleepiness. One hundred and eighty adults answered the ESS, including 30 normal men and women as controls and 150 patients with a range of sleep disorders. They rated the chances that they would doze off or fall asleep when in...
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Title
A New Method for Measuring Daytime Sleepiness: The Epworth Sleepiness Scale
Published Date
Nov 1, 1991
Journal
Volume
14
Issue
6
Pages
540 - 545
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