Research Article
Validation of the Arabic Version of the Epworth Sleepiness Scale among the Yemeni Medical Students
Table 1
Respondents’ characteristics and Epworth Sleepiness Scale score (
: 360).
| Characteristic (: 360) | Frequency | Percentage |
| Age (mean years (±SD)) | 23.1 | ±0.5 | Sex | Male | 176 | 49% | Female | 184 | 51% | Level of education | Third | 197 | 54.7% | Sixth | 163 | 45.3% | Marital status | Single | 293 | 81.4% | Married | 50 | 13.9% | Other | 8 | 2.2% | Place of residence (: 357) | With the family | 255 | 71.4% | In campus | 50 | 14% | Rented place | 48 | 13.4% | Other | 4 | 1.1% | Subjective economic status | Good | 135 | 37.5% | Managing | 203 | 56.5% | Poor | 22 | 6% | Having work beside the studies | No | 230 | 64% | Irregular | 98 | 27.2% | Regular | 32 | 8.8% | Chewing khat | No | 199 | 55.3% | Irregular | 70 | 19.4% | Regular | 91 | 25.3% | Smoking | No | 305 | 84.7% | Irregular | 49 | 13.6% | Regular | 6 | 1.7% | Epworth sleepiness score (mean score (±SD)) | 9.7 | 4.2 | Excessive sleepiness () | 161 | 45% |
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