TY - JOUR
T1 - Nocturnal polysomnographic correlates of daytime sleepiness
AU - Killgore, William D.S.
AU - Capaldi, Vincent F.
AU - Guerrero, Melanie L.
PY - 2012/2/1
Y1 - 2012/2/1
N2 - The relations of nighttime polysomnographic sleep variables with daytime sleepiness scores on the Epworth Sleepiness Scale were assessed in a retrospective chart review of 38 patients referred to a sleep clinic. Of the variables assessed, only slow wave sleep was statistically significantly correlated with daytime sleepiness, regardless of whether the analysis was based on absolute minutes of slow wave sleep or percentage of total sleep time spent in slow wave sleep. Stepwise linear regression suggested that other polysomnographic variables did not provide additional predictive value beyond the two indices of slow wave sleep. Apparently, reduced quantity of slow wave sleep was weakly but significantly related to increased daytime sleepiness among these sleep-clinic patients.
AB - The relations of nighttime polysomnographic sleep variables with daytime sleepiness scores on the Epworth Sleepiness Scale were assessed in a retrospective chart review of 38 patients referred to a sleep clinic. Of the variables assessed, only slow wave sleep was statistically significantly correlated with daytime sleepiness, regardless of whether the analysis was based on absolute minutes of slow wave sleep or percentage of total sleep time spent in slow wave sleep. Stepwise linear regression suggested that other polysomnographic variables did not provide additional predictive value beyond the two indices of slow wave sleep. Apparently, reduced quantity of slow wave sleep was weakly but significantly related to increased daytime sleepiness among these sleep-clinic patients.
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U2 - 10.2466/17.22.PR0.110.1.63-72
DO - 10.2466/17.22.PR0.110.1.63-72
M3 - Article
C2 - 22489378
AN - SCOPUS:84861153080
VL - 110
SP - 63
EP - 72
JO - Psychological Reports
JF - Psychological Reports
SN - 0033-2941
IS - 1
ER -