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. 2023 May 9;46(11):zsad136. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsad136

Table 3.

Prediction Accuracy for Subjective Ratings for the Occurrence of Severe/Moderate Levels of Physiological Drowsiness Events in the Next 15 Minutes

Item Description OR [95% CI]β p AUC [95% CI] p
Severe drowsiness JDS > 4.5
KSS Subjective sleepiness 1.76 [1.32, 2.33] <0.001 0.84 [0.75, 0.93] <0.001
LFA Likelihood of falling asleep 1.99 [1.42, 2.80] <0.001 0.80 [0.70, 0.89] <0.001
SSQ1 Struggle to keep eyes open 2.06 [1.57, 2.71] <0.001 0.89 [0.84, 0.95] <0.001
SSQ2 Vision blurred 2.22 [1.66, 2.97] <0.001 0.90 [0.85, 0.96] <0.001
SSQ3 Nodding off to sleep 2.46 [1.81, 3.35] <0.001 0.93 [0.89, 0.98] <0.001
SSQ4 Difficulty keeping to middle of road 2.31 [1.69, 3.15] <0.001 0.90 [0.85, 0.95] <0.001
SSQ5 Difficulty maintaining correct speed 2.67 [1.85, 3.84] <0.001 0.90 [0.84, 0.96] <0.001
SSQ6 Mind wandering 2.28 [1.63, 3.20] <0.001 0.85 [0.74, 0.96] <0.001
SSQ7 Reactions are slow 2.51 [1.81, 3.48] <0.001 0.91 [0.85, 0.97] <0.001
SSQ8 Head dropping 2.81 [1.99, 3.97] <0.001 0.90 [0.80, 1.00] <0.001
SSQ global score 1.12 [1.08, 1.17] <0.001 0.88 [0.77, 0.99] <0.001
Moderate drowsiness JDS 2.7
KSS Subjective sleepiness 1.30 [1.16, 1.46] <0.001 0.68 [0.61, 0.76] <0.001
LFA Likelihood of falling asleep 1.63 [1.30, 2.05] <0.001 0.66 [0.58, 0.74] <0.001
SSQ1 Struggle to keep eyes open 1.57 [1.32, 1.87] <0.001 0.70 [0.62, 0.78] <0.001
SSQ2 Vision blurred 1.80 [1.45, 2.23] <0.001 0.72 [0.65, 0.80] <0.001
SSQ3 Nodding off to sleep 1.81 [1.45, 2.27] <0.001 0.71 [0.63, 0.78] <0.001
SSQ4 Difficulty keeping to middle of road 1.79 [1.44, 2.22] <0.001 0.71 [0.63, 0.79] <0.001
SSQ5 Difficulty maintaining correct speed 1.64 [1.33, 2.01] <0.001 0.66 [0.59, 0.75] <0.001
SSQ6 Mind wandering 1.45 [1.23, 1.71] <0.001 0.67 [0.60, 0.75] <0.001
SSQ7 Reactions are slow 1.79 [1.44, 2.23] <0.001 0.69 [0.61, 0.77] <0.001
SSQ8 Head dropping 1.78 [1.34, 2.33] <0.001 0.62 [0.54, 0.70] <0.001
SSQ global score 1.08 [1.08, 1.12] <0.001 0.70 [0.62, 0.78] <0.001
End-state drowsiness (EEG microsleeps)
KSS Subjective sleepiness 1.24 [1.03, 1.49] 0.026 0.65 [0.50, 0.80] 0.044
LFA Likelihood of falling asleep 1.63 [1.17, 2.26] 0.004 0.70 [0.56, 0.84] 0.007
SSQ1 Struggle to keep eyes open 1.47 [1.17, 1.84] <0.001 0.73 [0.60, 0.85] 0.002
SSQ2 Vision blurred 1.29 [1.02, 1.65] 0.041 0.65 [0.51, 0.79] 0.041
SSQ3 Nodding off to sleep 1.30 [1.02, 1.66] 0.038 0.68 [0.54, 0.81] 0.016
SSQ4 Difficulty keeping to middle of road 1.20 [0.91, 1.58] n.s 0.58 [0.42, 0.73] n.s
SSQ5 Difficulty maintaining correct speed 1.02 [0.74, 1.41] n.s 0.52 [0.37, 0.66] n.s
SSQ6 Mind wandering 1.20 [0.93, 1.55] n.s 0.63 [0.51, 0.75] n.s
SSQ7 Reactions are slow 1.14 [0.86, 1.52] n.s 0.58 [0.43, 0.72] n.s
SSQ8 Head dropping 0.59 [0.25, 1.36] n.s 0.42 [0.29, 0.55] n.s
SSQ global score 1.03 [0.99, 1.07] n.s 0.64 [0.50, 0.78] n.s

β, post script note.

Continuous OR—change in odds of a severe/moderate event occurring in the next 15 minutes with each point increase on the predictor scale.