Measuring Sleepiness with the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS)
Dr. Murray Johns
Epworth Sleepiness Scale Instrument Author, Epworth Sleep Centre - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Dr. Catherine Acquadro
Scientific Research Advisor Consultant, Mapi Group / Mapi Research Trust - Lyon, France
What you will learn
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Introduction to "Sleepiness" & Sleep Propensity Measured Under Different Circumstances
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Presentation of the ESS
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ESS score interpretation
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ESS available translations
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License to use the ESS
More than one meaning of the word ‘Sleepiness’
Drowsiness: the transitional behavioural state between alert wakefulness and sleep.
Sleep propensity: the likelihood of making the transition from alert wakefulness to sleep under a given set of circumstances