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Pediatric Daytime Sleepiness Scale (PDSS)

Pediatric Daytime Sleepiness Scale (PDSS)
Please answer the following questions as honestly as you can by circling one answer only:
  1. How often do you fall asleep or get drowsy during class periods?

 

Always

Frequently

Sometimes

Seldom

Never

  1. How often do you get sleepy or drowsy while doing your homework?

 

Always

Frequently

Sometimes

Seldom

Never

  1. Are you usually alert most of the day?*

 

Always

Frequently

Sometimes

Seldom

Never

  1. How often are you ever tired and grumpy during the day?

 

Always

Frequently

Sometimes

Seldom

Never

  1. How often do you have trouble getting out of bed in the morning?

 

Always

Frequently

Sometimes

Seldom

Never

  1. How often do you fall back to sleep after being awakened in the morning?

 

Very often

Often

Sometimes

Seldom

Never

  1. How often do you need someone to awaken you in the morning?

 

Always

Frequently

Sometimes

Seldom

Never

  1. How often do you think that you need more sleep?

 

Very often

Often

Sometimes

Seldom

Never

Scoring 4 3 2 1 0
* Reverse score this item.
Republished with permission of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, from Drake C, Nickel C, Burduvali E, et al. The Pediatric Daytime Sleepiness Scale (PDSS): Sleep habits and school outcomes in middle-school children. Sleep 2003; 26:455; permission conveyed through Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.
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