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The Top End Sleepiness Scale (TESS): A New Tool to Assess Subjective Daytime Sleepiness Among Indigenous Australian Adults

Edmund Benn1 College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, AustraliaView further author information
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Hugh Wirth1 College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, AustraliaView further author information
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Teagan Short1 College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, AustraliaView further author information
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Timothy Howarth2 College of Health and Human Sciences, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia;3 Darwin Respiratory and Sleep Health, Darwin Private Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3028-0376View further author information
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Subash S Heraganahally1 College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia;3 Darwin Respiratory and Sleep Health, Darwin Private Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia;4 Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 315-328 | Published online: 04 Mar 2021

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Timothy Howarth, Helmi Ben Saad & Subash S Heraganahally. (2023) The Impact of Lung Function Parameters on Sleep Among Aboriginal Australians – A Polysomnography and Spirometry Relationship Study. Nature and Science of Sleep 15, pages 449-464.
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Dorothy F L Sze, Timothy P Howarth, Clair D Lake, Helmi Ben Saad & Subash S Heraganahally. (2022) Differences in the Spirometry Parameters Between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Patients with COPD: A Matched Control Study. International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 17, pages 869-881.
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Subash S Heraganahally, Tarun R Ponneri, Timothy P Howarth & Helmi Ben Saad. (2021) The Effects of Inhaled Airway Directed Pharmacotherapy on Decline in Lung Function Parameters Among Indigenous Australian Adults With and Without Underlying Airway Disease. International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 16, pages 2707-2720.
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Anna Beatriz de Araujo Dantas, Flávio Magno Gonçalves, Agnes Andrade Martins, Giorvan Ânderson Alves, José Stechman-Neto, Camila de Castro Corrêa, Rosane Sampaio Santos, Weslania Viviane Nascimento, Cristiano Miranda de Araujo & Karinna Veríssimo Meira Taveira. (2023) Worldwide prevalence and associated risk factors of obstructive sleep apnea: a meta-analysis and meta-regression. Sleep and Breathing.
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Nicole Grivell, Alexander Sweetman, Nicole Lovato, Andrew Vakulin & Ching Li Chai-Coetzer. 2023. The Practice of Sleep Medicine Around The World: Challenges, Knowledge Gaps and Unique Needs. The Practice of Sleep Medicine Around The World: Challenges, Knowledge Gaps and Unique Needs 49 66 .
Subash Heraganahally, Timothy P Howarth, Siji Issac, Angus Lloyd, Shiidheshwar J Ravichandran, Asanga Abeyaratne & Bhavini Patel. (2023) Exploring the appropriateness of prescribing practice of inhaled pharmacotherapy among Aboriginal Australians in the Top End Northern Territory of Australia: a retrospective cohort study. BMJ Open Respiratory Research 10:1, pages e001508.
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Subash S. Heraganahally, Timothy P. Howarth, Hugh Wirth, Teagan Short & Edmund Benn. (2022) Validity of the new ‘Top End Sleepiness Scale’ against the STOP‐Bang tool in predicting obstructive sleep apnoea among Indigenous Australian adults . Internal Medicine Journal 53:3, pages 339-347.
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Subash S. Heraganahally, Ram H. Ghimire, Timothy Howarth, Oshini M. Kankanamalage, Didier Palmer & Henrik Falhammar. (2022) Comparison and outcomes of emergency department presentations with respiratory disorders among Australian indigenous and non-indigenous patients. BMC Emergency Medicine 22:1.
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Timothy P. Howarth, Natalie Gentin, Nayellin Reyes-Chicuellar, Catherine Jonas, Bruce Williamson, Greg Blecher, John Widger & Subash S. Heraganahally. (2022) Sleep quality and obstructive sleep apnoea in Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian children. Sleep Medicine 98, pages 68-78.
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Arijeet Pal, Timothy P Howarth, Chris Rissel, Raelene Messenger, Siji Issac, Linda Ford, Christine Connors & Subash Heraganahally. (2022) COPD disease knowledge, self-awareness and reasons for hospital presentations among a predominately Indigenous Australian cohort: a study to explore preventable hospitalisation. BMJ Open Respiratory Research 9:1, pages e001295.
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Subash S. Heraganahally, Sampathawaduge A. M. S. Silva, Timothy P. Howarth, Nadarajah Kangaharan & Sandawana W. Majoni. (2022) Comparison of clinical manifestation among Australian Indigenous and non‐indigenous patients presenting with pleural effusion. Internal Medicine Journal 52:7, pages 1232-1241.
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Desireé LaGrappe, Libby Massey, Anuk Kruavit, Timothy Howarth, Gayangwa Lalara, Bronwyn Daniels, Julie Gungunbuy Wunungmurra, Kimberley Flavell, Ruth Barker, Howard Flavell & Subash S. Heraganahally. (2022) Sleep disorders among Aboriginal Australians with Machado-Joseph Disease: Quantitative results from a multiple methods study to assess the experience of people living with the disease and their caregivers. Neurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms 12, pages 100075.
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Subash S. Heraganahally, Timothy Howarth, Lisa Sorger & Helmi Ben Saad. (2022) Sex differences in pulmonary function parameters among Indigenous Australians with and without chronic airway disease. PLOS ONE 17:2, pages e0263744.
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