Sleep-EEG-based parameters for discriminating fatigue and sleepiness.

ABSTRACT: Sleep quality can be evaluated from the viewpoint of recovery from fatigue and sleepiness; however, it is difficult to investigate sleep quality while distinguishing between the two. The aim of this study is to find biomarkers that can discriminate between daytime fatigue and sleepiness and to assess sleep quality in consideration thereof. We collected answers to questionnaires regarding daytime fatigue and sleepiness, as well as EEG data measured during sleep, from 754 city government employees in a rural area of Japan. The respondents were categorized into four groups in accordance with the severity of fatigue and sleepiness as assessed by the questionnaires: fatigued and sleepy (FS), fatigued, non-sleepy (FO), non-fatigued and sleepy (SO), and non-fatigued and non-sleepy (neither fatigu

SUBMITTER: Fujiwara K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12713944 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature