The MSLT and MWT should not be used for the assessment of workplace safety.

The MSLT/MWT should be used for the assessment of workplace safety.

MWT review paper.qxp

EXCESSIVE SLEEPINESS IS DEFINED AS SLEEPINESS OCCURRING IN A SITUATION WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL WOULD BE EXPECTED TO BE AWAKE AND ALERT. It is a chronic problem for about 5% of the general population,1, 2 and it is the most common complaint evaluated by sleep disorder centers.1, 3 The most common causes of sleepiness include partial sleep deprivation, fragmented sleep and medication effects. Sleepine...

Maintenance of wakefulness test and multiple sleep latency test. Measurement of different abilities in patients with sleep disorders.

The multiple sleep latency test and the maintenance of wakefulness test were administered on the same day to 258 consecutive patients whose clinical presentation required evaluation for excessive sleepiness. While the MSLT is the standard test for assessing excessive daytime sleepiness, the MWT may have some clinical advantage over the MSLT when the assessment of daytime alertness is the primar...

[Multiple sleep latency test (MSLT) and maintenance of wakefulness test (MWT)].

To define and evaluate sleepiness thoroughly has not yet completely established because of its multidimensional aspects of character. Multiple sleep latency test (MSLT) and maintenance of wakefulness test (MWT) have been the important tools to assess sleepiness in the research and clinical settings, although they have several limitations and pitfalls. The coverage by the National Health Insuran...

Arousal components which differentiate the MWT from the MSLT.

STUDY OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to determine the relative contribution of the instruction to maintain wakefulness versus posture change as major components determining sleep latency in the MWT as compared to the MSLT. DESIGN AND SETTING After adaptation, subjects spent 3 nights and the following days in the laboratory. On each day, Ss had eight sleep latency measurements includ...