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Gender differences in excessive daytime sleepiness among Japanese workers

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  • Doi, Yuriko
  • Minowa, Masumi

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Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is serious concern in the workplace with respect to errors, accidents, absenteeism, reduced productivity and impaired personal or professional life. Previous community studies found a female preponderance of EDS, however, there is little research on EDS and gender in occupational settings. We examined the gender differences in prevalence and risk factors of EDS among employees working at a telecommunications company in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Our outcome measure of EDS was the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS). A self-administered questionnaire on health and sleep including ESS was distributed to 5571 workers between December 1999 and January 2000, and 5072 responses were returned (91.0%). A total of 4722 full-time, non-manual and non-shift employees aged 20-59 were used for analysis (3909 men and 813 women). Chi-squared tests and multiple logistic regression analyses were applied for examining the gender differences in the prevalence and risk factors of EDS. The prevalence rates of EDS were 13.3% for women and 7.2% for men (P

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  • Doi, Yuriko & Minowa, Masumi, 2003. "Gender differences in excessive daytime sleepiness among Japanese workers," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 56(4), pages 883-894, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:56:y:2003:i:4:p:883-894
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