To record sleep, actigraph devices are worn on the wrist and record movements that can be
used to estimate sleep parameters with specialized algorithms in computer software …

Sleep deprivation is associated with considerable social, financial, and health-related costs,
in large measure because it produces impaired cognitive performance due to increasing …

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 …

The Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) is a self-administered eight-item questionnaire that
has been proposed as a simple method for measuring daytime sleepiness in adults. This …

Deficits in daytime performance due to sleep loss are experienced universally and
associated with a significant social, financial, and human cost. Microsleeps, sleep attacks …

• We reviewed the literature on sleep in psychiatric disorders and evaluated the data by
meta-analysis, a statistical method designed to combine data from different studies. A total of …

Introduction The multiple sleep latency test (MSLT) is used in the assessment and diagnosis
of disorders of excessive somnolence and to evaluate daytime sleepiness in relation to …

Total sleep restriction in humans is associated with increased daytime sleepiness,
decreased performance, and hormonal/metabolic disturbances. The effects of mild chronic …

We report longitudinal data on a group of 29 male patients 50 years of age or older who
were initially diagnosed as having idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) after …

Objective To examine published evidence on the psychometric properties of the Epworth
sleepiness scale (ESS) for describing the level of daytime sleepiness (DS) in adults …