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Developed in 1990 and revised in 1997
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Johns Murray W, MB, BS, BSc, PhD
Sleep Disorders (includes apnea)
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Johns MW. The clinical assessment of daytime sleepiness in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. In:Surgery for snoring and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, ed. Fabiani M. Kugler publications, The Hague, 2003: 283-295
Johns MW. Sensitivity and specificity of the multiple sleep latency test (MSLT), the maintenance of wakefulness test and the epworth sleepiness scale: failure of the MSLT as a gold standard. J Sleep Res. 2000 Mar;9(1):5-11 (PubMed abstract)
Johns MW. Sleepiness in different situations measured by the Epworth Sleepiness Scale. Sleep. 1994 Dec;17(8):703-10 (PubMed abstract)
Johns MW. Daytime sleepiness, snoring, and obstructive sleep apnea. The Epworth Sleepiness Scale. Chest. 1993 Jan;103(1):30-6 (PubMed abstract)
Johns MW. Reliability and factor analysis of the Epworth Sleepiness Scale. Sleep. 1992 Aug;15(4):376-81 (PubMed abstract)
Johns MW. A new method for measuring daytime sleepiness: the Epworth sleepiness scale. Sleep. 1991 Dec;14(6):540-5 (PubMed abstract)
Johns Murray W, MB, BS, BSc, PhD
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