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SOUZA*, José Carlos de et al. Excessive daytime sleepiness among students of psychology. Psicol inf. [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.17, pp.15-24. ISSN 1415-8809.

The sleepiness comprises a biologic process of homeostasis, that when in excess is configured in a pathology. The objective of this work consists to evaluate the prevalence of excessive daytime sleepiness in academics of psychology of a university. In this way 286 students. Utilizing the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) and a sociodemographic questionnaire. The Epworth Sleepiness Scale constitutes daily values of academics that inclinates to some kind of sleepiness, such as being sitting and reading; watching TV; sitting in a public place; lying down to rest in the afternoon when the circumstances permit; sitting and talking to someone; sitting quietly after a lunch without alcohol; in a car, while stopped for a few minutes in a traffic. It was observed that 54,44% of the students presented excessive daytime sleepiness, and only the age factor was significant (P = 0,004), how much lower the age, greater the tendency to sleepiness. Other variables such as shift frequented, gender, marital status, year of study, level of dependence and labor factor are not significantly associated with the ESS.

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