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Name
talkng5
Label
Epworth Sleepiness Scale: Chance of dozing while sitting and talking to someone
Description

Item from the Epworth Sleepiness Scale Johns MW 1991 (PubMed ID: 1798888)

Original question: What is the chance that you would doze off or fall asleep (or just "feel tired") in each of the following situations? 12f. Sitting and talking to someone

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Domain
dozingchance
  • 1: No chance
  • 2: Slight chance
  • 3: Moderate chance
  • 4: High chance
Type
choices
Tags
epworth ess_6sittalk subjective_sleepiness
Epworth Sleepiness Scale: Chance of dozing while sitting and talking to someone vs MESA exam number
Exam 5
Total 2,237
No chance 1,960
Slight chance 201
Moderate chance 45
High chance 12
Unknown 19
Epworth Sleepiness Scale: Chance of dozing while sitting and talking to someone 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 chance 476 501 486 497 1,960
Slight chance 65 48 47 41 201
Moderate chance 10 8 15 12 45
High chance 4 2 5 1 12
Unknown 5 - 6 8 19
Epworth Sleepiness Scale: Chance of dozing while sitting and talking to someone vs Gender of the participant
Exam 5
Female Male Total
Total 1,198 1,039 2,237
No chance 1,063 897 1,960
Slight chance 94 107 201
Moderate chance 24 21 45
High chance 7 5 12
Unknown 10 9 19
Epworth Sleepiness Scale: Chance of dozing while sitting and talking to someone 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 chance 759 230 517 454 1,960
Slight chance 60 21 77 43 201
Moderate chance 5 6 14 20 45
High chance 2 - 5 5 12
Unknown 4 8 3 4 19