TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of age and gender in the prevalence of excessive daytime sleepiness among a sample of the Saudi population
AU - Fatani, Abdulhamid
AU - Al-Rouqi, Khalid
AU - Al Towairky, Jamal
AU - Ahmed, Anwar E.
AU - Al-Jahdali, Sarah
AU - Ali, Yosra
AU - Al-Shimemeri, Abdullah
AU - Al-Harbi, Abdullah
AU - Baharoon, Salim
AU - Khan, Mohammad
AU - Al-Jahdali, Hamdan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia
PY - 2015/12/1
Y1 - 2015/12/1
N2 - The aim of this study is to assess whether the effect of gender on the excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is influenced by two confounders (age and hours of sleep per night). A cross-sectional study was conducted at King Abdulaziz Medical City-Riyadh (KAMC-R). A total of 2095 respondents answered a questionnaire that included questions regarding gender, age, hours of sleep per night, and daytime sleepiness using the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS). The prevalence of EDS was 20.5% (females 22.2%, males 19.5%, p-value = 0.136). The EDS did not differ between genders, age groups, or hours of sleep per night (<6 vs. ⩾6 h). However, stratified statistical analysis shows that the prevalence of EDS did differ according to gender (25.3% in females, 19.0% in males, p-value = 0.036) in respondents with shorter hours of sleep per night. EDS was strongly related to female gender and young age (ages ⩽ 29 years) in respondents with short hours of sleep. This study reveals that one out of five of the general Saudi population has EDS. The effect of gender on EDS appeared to be influenced by hours of sleep per night. High EDS strongly related to female gender with short hours of sleep.
AB - The aim of this study is to assess whether the effect of gender on the excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is influenced by two confounders (age and hours of sleep per night). A cross-sectional study was conducted at King Abdulaziz Medical City-Riyadh (KAMC-R). A total of 2095 respondents answered a questionnaire that included questions regarding gender, age, hours of sleep per night, and daytime sleepiness using the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS). The prevalence of EDS was 20.5% (females 22.2%, males 19.5%, p-value = 0.136). The EDS did not differ between genders, age groups, or hours of sleep per night (<6 vs. ⩾6 h). However, stratified statistical analysis shows that the prevalence of EDS did differ according to gender (25.3% in females, 19.0% in males, p-value = 0.036) in respondents with shorter hours of sleep per night. EDS was strongly related to female gender and young age (ages ⩽ 29 years) in respondents with short hours of sleep. This study reveals that one out of five of the general Saudi population has EDS. The effect of gender on EDS appeared to be influenced by hours of sleep per night. High EDS strongly related to female gender with short hours of sleep.
KW - Epworth Sleepiness Scale
KW - Excessive daytime sleepiness
KW - Hours of sleep per night
KW - Saudi Arabia
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84983087860&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jegh.2015.05.005
DO - 10.1016/j.jegh.2015.05.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 26099548
AN - SCOPUS:84983087860
SN - 2210-6006
VL - 5
SP - S59-S66
JO - Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
JF - Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
IS - 4
ER -