Name
sleepy5
Label
Frequency of excessive sleepiness during the day in the last 4 weeks
Description

Original question: The next questions ask about your sleep habits. Please choose one of the answers for each of the following questions. Pick the answer that best describes how often you experienced the situation in the past 4 weeks. 10. Did you feel overly sleepy during the day?

Domain
freq4weeks
  • 1: No, not in the past 4 weeks
  • 2: Yes, less than once a week
  • 3: Yes, 1 or 2 times a week
  • 4: Yes, 3 or 4 times a week
  • 5: Yes, 5 or more times a week
Type
choices
Frequency of excessive sleepiness during the day in the last 4 weeks vs MESA exam number
Exam 5
Total 2,237
No, not in the past 4 weeks 1,242
Yes, less than once a week 207
Yes, 1 or 2 times a week 386
Yes, 3 or 4 times a week 197
Yes, 5 or more times a week 182
Unknown 23
Frequency of excessive sleepiness during the day in the last 4 weeks vs Participant Age at MESA Sleep Visit
Exam 5
54.0 to 62.0 years 62.0 to 69.0 years 69.0 to 77.0 years 77.0 to 95.0 years Total
Total 560 559 559 559 2,237
No, not in the past 4 weeks 282 324 317 319 1,242
Yes, less than once a week 61 53 52 41 207
Yes, 1 or 2 times a week 106 99 90 91 386
Yes, 3 or 4 times a week 57 45 46 49 197
Yes, 5 or more times a week 49 38 46 49 182
Unknown 5 - 8 10 23
Frequency of excessive sleepiness during the day in the last 4 weeks vs Gender of the participant
Exam 5
Female Male Total
Total 1,198 1,039 2,237
No, not in the past 4 weeks 637 605 1,242
Yes, less than once a week 122 85 207
Yes, 1 or 2 times a week 219 167 386
Yes, 3 or 4 times a week 115 82 197
Yes, 5 or more times a week 94 88 182
Unknown 11 12 23
Frequency of excessive sleepiness during the day in the last 4 weeks vs Race/ethnicity of the participant
Exam 5
White, Caucasian Chinese American Black, African-American Hispanic Total
Total 830 265 616 526 2,237
No, not in the past 4 weeks 452 150 345 295 1,242
Yes, less than once a week 88 42 36 41 207
Yes, 1 or 2 times a week 159 40 110 77 386
Yes, 3 or 4 times a week 60 13 74 50 197
Yes, 5 or more times a week 65 11 48 58 182
Unknown 6 9 3 5 23