مشخصات علائم تشخیصی برای اختلال خواب در بیماران مراقبت های اولیه

This study suggests that an older patient, male or female, who both endorses medically unexplained daytime sleepiness, fatigue, or other sleep disorder related symptoms and agrees to further evaluation, including overnight polysomnography, is at substantial risk for physiologically based sleep disorder. In the future, a brief, validated measure, such as the Sleep Symptom Checklist used in this study, would be an important part of the diagnostic process.