Is the epworth sleepiness scale suitable for use in stroke?

Conclusion: The ESS-8 has good construct validity for use in stroke and is reliable at the cutpoint of 10. Summed raw scores below 18 will be unaffected if nondrivers either score as zero or simply omit item 8. The scale is therefore robust for detecting cases of pathological sleepiness in stroke but may not be suitable for measuring high levels of sleepiness in a sample containing both drivers and nondrivers. Instead, the ESS-7 could be used for this purpose. PMID: 24273296 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research