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The Pediatric Daytime Sleepiness Scale (PDSS): Sleep Habits and School Outcomes in Middle-school Children

SLEEP · 2003 · Vol. 26(4) · pp. 455–8
Christopher L. DrakeChelsea NickelEleni BurduvaliThomas RöthCatherine JeffersonPietro Badia

Abstract

The self-report scale developed in the present work is suitable for middle-school-age children and may be useful in future research given its ease of administration and robust psychometric properties. Daytime sleepiness is related to reduced educational achievement and other negative school-related outcomes.

Sleep and related disordersSleep and Work-Related FatigueSleep and Wakefulness ResearchPsychologyDaytimeExcessive daytime sleepinessInternal consistencyAbsenteeismEpworth Sleepiness ScaleClinical psychologyPsychometricsSleep disorderPsychiatry

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AdolescentChildEducational StatusFactor Analysis, StatisticalFemaleHabitsHumansDisorders of Excessive SomnolenceMaleSurveys and QuestionnairesSleepReproducibility of Results
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