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%