caa a22 4500 606182705 CHVBK 20210128100817.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00405-014-3242-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00405-014-3242-9 A new suggestion for the Epworth Sleepiness Scale in obstructive sleep apnea [Elektronische Daten] [Rauf Kum, Müge Özcan, Nurcan Yurtsever Kum, Yavuz Yılmaz, Volkan Güngör, Adnan Ünal] The aim of this study was to suggest a new cutoff score for the Turkish version of Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) in the patients with obstructive sleep apnea. In this study, the data of 483 patients who were admitted to our clinic with the complaints of daytime sleepiness and witnessed sleep apnea were reviewed retrospectively. The correlation between ESS and polysomnography (PSG) findings were assessed, and cutoff score of the Turkish version of the ESS was investigated. The mean apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) was 27.71±26.69eV/h, the mean ESS score was 8.42±4.88. According to AHI, a statistically significant difference between ESS scores was detected (p=0.001; p<0.01). According to AHI (AHI≥5, AHI≥15 and AHI≥30) the best cutoff score for ESS score was found as 8. The answers that were given to the ESS questions differ according to their sociocultural and economic condition. These results indicate that a score of 8 or higher on the ESS would seem a more appropriate cutoff score to suspect clinically relevant sleepiness in the Turkish population. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014 Epworth Sleepiness Scale nationallicence Excessive daytime sleepiness nationallicence Obstructive sleep apnea nationallicence Polysomnography nationallicence Kum Rauf Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital ENT Clinic, Ankara, Turkey aut Özcan Müge Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital ENT Clinic, Ankara, Turkey aut Yurtsever Kum Nurcan Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital ENT Clinic, Ankara, Turkey aut Yılmaz Yavuz Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital ENT Clinic, Ankara, Turkey aut Güngör Volkan Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital ENT Clinic, Ankara, Turkey aut Ünal Adnan Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital ENT Clinic, Ankara, Turkey aut European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Springer Berlin Heidelberg 272/1(2015-01-01), 247-252 0937-4477 272:1<247 2015 272 405 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-014-3242-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-014-3242-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kum Rauf Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital ENT Clinic, Ankara, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Özcan Müge Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital ENT Clinic, Ankara, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yurtsever Kum Nurcan Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital ENT Clinic, Ankara, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yılmaz Yavuz Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital ENT Clinic, Ankara, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Güngör Volkan Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital ENT Clinic, Ankara, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ünal Adnan Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital ENT Clinic, Ankara, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Springer Berlin Heidelberg 272/1(2015-01-01), 247-252 0937-4477 272:1<247 2015 272 405