Abstract
Objective: To investigate factors associated with daytime sleepiness (SED) in patients attending a sleep clinic. Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study performed at a clinic specialized in Sleep Medicine in the city of Goiânia/GO. This study was carried out through the application of two epidemiological questionnaires and Epworth (ESE) Sleepiness Scale to patients attending a private Sleep Medicine clinic, with ages ranging from 18 to 60 years and the presence of some Sleep Disorder. A significance level of 5% (P <0.05) was adopted in the statistical analyzes performed. Results: Fifty patients were interviewed, with a mean age of 45.1 years. The analysis of the ESE scale averaged 8.9 points, 38% of which presented a score above 10 points, indicating SED. There were significantly higher scores among the smokers (P = 0.03), those who used sleep reading (P = 0.01) and those who had respiratory disease (P = 0.02). Conclusion: This study showed an important frequency of SED in the studied sample, identifying several factors associated with SED in patients of the investigated clinic.