ReviewSleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung2020
Inside the clinical evaluation of sleepiness: subjective and objective tools.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Efficacy of advancement treatments of the stomatognathic system on objective sleepiness in OSA: a systematic review.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Should Be Systematically Assessed in Individuals With Insomnia: A Population-Based Study Employing a Virtual Agent-Based Digital Tool.Journal of sleep research · 2026Article
- Sleepiness and Fatigue as Consequences of Cumulative Sleep Restriction: Insights from Fine-Grained Subjective Measures and Skin Temperature in the Field.Clocks & sleep · 2025Article
- Match and Mismatch between Lived Experiences of Daytime Sleepiness and Diagnostic Instruments: A Qualitative Study amongst Patients with Sleep Disorders.Clocks & sleep · 2024Article
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- Excessive rest time during active phase is reliably detected in a mouse model of myotonic dystrophy type 1 using home cage monitoring.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2023Article
- Investigation and management of residual sleepiness in CPAP-treated patients with obstructive sleep apnoea: the European view.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2022Review
- The effects of posture on mind wandering.Psychological research · 2022Article
- Revisiting the Concept of Vigilance.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Subjective-objective sleepiness discrepancy in adult-onset myotonic dystrophy type 1.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2021Article
- Defining obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome: a failure of semantic rules.Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2021Review
- Self-reported view on work capacity predicts abnormal Oxford Sleep Resistance Test results in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2021Observational
- How to Design a Relevant Corpus for Sleepiness Detection Through Voice?Frontiers in digital health · 2021Article
- Cannabidiol (CBD) and ΔBMJ open · 2020Article
- The Drives for Driving Simulation: A Scientometric Analysis and a Selective Review of Reviews on Simulated Driving Research.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Review
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Abstract
purposeTo critically review the available tools for evaluating excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in clinical practice.
methodsObjective tests and subjective scales were divided into three groups in accordance with the different dimensions of sleepiness they measure, namely physiological, manifest, and introspective. Strengths, weaknesses, and limitations of each test have been analysed and discussed along with the available recommendations for their use in clinical practice.
resultsThe majority of the tests developed for sleepiness evaluation do not have practical usefulness outside the research setting. The suboptimal correlation between different tests mainly depends on the different dimensions of sleepiness they analyse. Most importantly in-laboratory tests poorly correlate with sleepiness in real-life situations and, to date, none is able to predict the risk of injuries related to EDS, especially on an individual level.
conclusionsThere exists not the one best test to assess EDS, however, clinicians can choose a more specific test to address a specific diagnostic challenge on the individual level. The development of novel performance tests with low cost and easy to administer is advisable for both screening purposes and fitness for duty evaluations in populations at high risk of EDS-related injuries, for example professional drivers.
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