Open AccessValidation of the Colombian version of the Karolinska sleepiness scale
Author(s) -
María Camila Laverde-López,
Franklin Escobar-Córdoba,
Javier EslavaSchmalbach
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
sleep science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.582
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1984-0659
pISSN - 1984-0063
DOI - 10.5935/1984-0063.20220006
Subject(s) - epworth sleepiness scale , polysomnography , psychology , scale (ratio) , excessive daytime sleepiness , population , discriminant validity , physical therapy , reproducibility , clinical psychology , medicine , psychiatry , psychometrics , statistics , insomnia , sleep disorder , mathematics , cartography , geography , apnea , environmental health , internal consistency
Currently, daytime sleepiness is a prevalent condition worldwide. Locally validated instruments for measuring sleepiness are required. The objective of this study was to validate a version of the Karolinska sleepiness scale that was translated into the Spanish spoken in Colombia.