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Sleep apnea

Signs & symptoms

Sleepiness Test

This interactive quiz helps identify the main symptom of sleep apnea, daytime sleepiness. If you think you may have signs and symptoms of sleep apnea, take this quiz and show your results to your doctor.

For each situation described below, indicate how likely you are to doze off or sleep. If the situation just makes you feel tired, but doesn't make you doze or sleep, then it doesn't count. Give answers that reflect your usual way of life in recent times. Even if you have not been in some of these situations recently, try to imagine how they would affect you.

How likely are you to doze off or fall asleep in the following situations?

1	Sitting and reading -- Select your best answer -- Would never doze Slight chance of dozing Moderate chance of dozing High chance of dozing
2	Watching TV -- Select your best answer -- Would never doze Slight chance of dozing Moderate chance of dozing High chance of dozing
3	Sitting, inactive in a public place (eg. a theatre or a meeting) -- Select your best answer -- Would never doze Slight chance of dozing Moderate chance of dozing High chance of dozing
4	As a passenger in a car for an hour without a break -- Select your best answer -- Would never doze Slight chance of dozing Moderate chance of dozing High chance of dozing
5	Lying down to rest in the afternoon when circumstances permit -- Select your best answer -- Would never doze Slight chance of dozing Moderate chance of dozing High chance of dozing
6	Sitting down and talking to someone -- Select your best answer -- Would never doze Slight chance of dozing Moderate chance of dozing High chance of dozing
7	Sitting quietly after a lunch without alcohol -- Select your best answer -- Would never doze Slight chance of dozing Moderate chance of dozing High chance of dozing
8	In a car, while stopped for a few minutes in traffic -- Select your best answer -- Would never doze Slight chance of dozing Moderate chance of dozing High chance of dozing

This sleepiness test from the Canadian Lung Association website is for information purposes only. It should not replace a complete medical examination by a doctor. If you think you may have sleep apnea or are worried about your health, please see your doctor.

This test is based on the Epworth Sleepiness Scale, a test that measures excessive daytime sleepiness. Johns MW. "A new method for measuring daytime sleepiness: the Epworth sleepiness scale". Sleep 1991 14 (6): 540–5.

The answers you give are used only to calculate your score. They are not saved.

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Last updated on August 13, 2009