{"doi":"10.1093/sleep/zsab072.119","title":"120 Seeking Treatment for Daytime Sleepiness: Beliefs and Attitudes Among People with Excessive Daytime Sleepiness","abstract":"Abstract Introduction Sleepiness impacts health and functioning, but many people with sleepiness do not seek care. Beliefs and attitudes about treatments for sleepiness may be useful to know in designing and targeting interventions. Methods N=28 participants with excessive daytime sleepiness (ESS>=10) but no other major medical problems were recruited from the community. They were administered an Epworth Sleepiness Scale and Fatigue Severity Scale at baseline, and asked about a wide range of beliefs/attitudes about seeking medical care about sleepiness, and whether they Strongly Agree (SA), Agree (A), Disagree (D), or Strongly Disagree (SD) with them. Ordinal logistic regressions examined agreement associated with baseline sleepiness and fatigue, adjusted for age, sex, and race/ethnicity. Nominal significance was determined as p<0.05. Results Rates of baseline agreement were as follows: People with insomnia (SA:50%,A:50%), sleep apnea (SA:68%,A:32%), and daytime sleepiness (SA:50%,A:36%,D:14%) “should discuss their problems with their doctor or health care provider.” “I have talked to my doctor about sleep problems” (SA:18%,A:23%,D:41%,SD18%). “I have talked to my doctor about daytime sleepiness (SA:23%,A:14%,D:45%,SD:18%). “If I had problems sleeping, I would discuss it with my doctor or health care provider” (SA:27%,A:50%,D:23%). “If I had problems with daytime sleepiness, I would discuss it with my doctor or health care provider” (SA:23%,A:50%,D:27%). “Excessive daytime sleepiness is something that can be improved with medical treatment” (SA:14%,A:55%,D:32%). “Excessive daytime sleepiness is something that can be improved with psychological treatment” (SA:9%,A:64%,D:27%). “Excessive daytime sleepiness is something that can be improved with complementary/alternative medicine treatment” (SA:9%,A:68%,D:18%,SD:5%). “I am concerned about side effects of medical treatments for daytime sleepiness” (SA:45%,A:42%,D:14%). These factors were not associated with baseline sleepiness. Those with higher baseline fatigue were more likely to report having talked to their doctor about sleepiness (oOR=1.33, p=0.02) and having talked to their doctor about sleep problems in general (oOR=1.54, p=0.02). Conclusion Real-world beliefs and attitudes about treatments for sleepiness reflect a general positive attitude towards addressing these issues with medical providers, not a very strong one. Side effects of medications are a common concern. Baseline fatigue may spur individuals to talk to their doctor. Support (if any) This work was supported by Jazz Pharmaceuticals","journal":"SLEEP","year":2021,"id":224141,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":0,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.9365,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2021-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":739011,"name":"Chloe Wills","orcid":null,"position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":478798,"name":"Andrew Tubbs","orcid":"0000-0003-3799-5972","position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":240121,"name":"Michael A. Grandner","orcid":"0000-0002-4626-754X","position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":826188,"name":"Ashna Kapoor","orcid":null,"position":0,"is_corresponding":true}],"reference_count":0,"raw_metadata":{"citation_network_status":"fetched"},"created_at":"2026-07-18T23:54:14.760456Z","pmid":null,"pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}