Daytime sleepiness, or difficulty in maintaining a desired level of wakefulness, is frequently viewed by the general population as a common experience and predictable consequence of insufficient sleep. However, daytime sleepiness can have a serious impact on an individual's health, safety, and quality of life. Despite the fact that population-based studies have found that 1 in 5 adults suffers ...

background: this study compared the sleep quality and sleepiness in day workers and shift workers. sleep quality and sleepiness in staff nurses were significantly different than employees . shift work is an important factor influencing the sleep quality and sleepiness of nurses. the aim of the present research was to compare three groups: (1) nurses with shiftwork; (2) nurses without shiftwork ...

OBJECTIVE The lack of distinction in the clinical use of terms like fatigue and sleepiness is an important issue. While both fatigue and sleepiness can potentially be associated with nonrestorative sleep (NRS) complaints, their relationships are still poorly described. We propose to use Rasch analysis-based methods to study the interrelations of fatigue, sleepiness and NRS. METHODS 150 subjec...

conclusions our findings suggest a strong relationship between eds and obesity, particularly morbid obesity. therefore, physicians must be familiar with eds as a mixed clinical entity indicating careful assessment and specific treatment planning. results sleepiness was not affected by gender in cases or controls. the sleepiness prevalence was 29 (52.7%) in the cases group and 17 (30.9%) in the ...

Objective: An important factor in the prevention of industrial accidents is the employees’ ability to maintain their awareness of the work situation, understand the information it holds, and predict the development of the situations. In this study, we examined the role of work stress and sleepiness in predicting work situation awareness among workers.  Methods: The present study was a cross-...

Situation awareness is an important factor in the incidence of industrial accidents. Improving situation awareness may help to prevent occupational accidents. Determination of factors influencing the situation awareness will help to plan and implement the measures for improving working conditions and making a safer workplace. In this study, was examined the role of work overload and sleepiness ...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To develop a measure of daytime sleepiness suitable for middle-school children and examine the relationship between daytime sleepiness and school-related outcomes. DESIGN Self-report questionnaire. PARTICIPANTS Four hundred fifty, 11- to 15-year-old students, from grades 6, 7, and 8 of a public middle school in Dayton, Ohio. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS A pediatric daytime sl...

Workplace sleepiness refers to how sleepy a person feels at work, and it is thought to be associated with negative occupational safety outcomes such as injuries because sleepiness can lead to behavioral decrements at work. This study explored safety behavior as a mediator of the relationship between workplace sleepiness and occupational safety outcomes (e.g., occupational injuries). A survey wa...

Sleepiness is common after stroke, but in contrast to its importance for rehabilitation, existing studies focus primarily on the acute state and often use subjective sleepiness measures only. We used quantitative electroencephalography (qEEG) to extract physiological sleepiness, as well as subjective reports, in response to motor-cognitive demand in stroke patients and controls. We hypothesised...

The aim of our study was to investigate age-related changes in sleepiness symptoms associated with sleep disordered breathing (SDB). Wisconsin Sleep Cohort participants were assessed using polysomnography, the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) and the multiple sleep latency test (MSLT). SDB was defined as an apnoea/hypopnoea index ≥15 events·h(-1), and sleepiness as ESS ≥10 and MSLT ≤5 min. Odds r...