The Overlapping Burdens of Fatigue and Daytime Sleepiness: Gender-Specific Impacts on Life Quality in Patients with Sleep Disorders
We suggest sleep clinicians place a greater emphasis on the assessment of fatigue during clinical interviews, keeping in mind the greater vulnerability of females, experiencing disproportionate consequences. Further studies should expand our findings, exploring a wider range of gender identities and recruiting larger samples of patients.
Authors
- Giulia Balella
- Carlotta Mutti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1930-5045)
- Christian Franceschini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9307-5209)
- Irene Pollara
- Francesco Rausa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2723-1370)
- Liborio Parrino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4035-6234)
- Margherita Soglia
- Dario Bottignole (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1986-8096)
- Marcello Giuseppe Maggio
- Bianca Temporini
- Giorgio Ughetti
- Ylenia Ciuro
Institutions
- University of Parma (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Diseases
- Published
- 2025-05-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/diseases13060172
- Primary Topic
- Sleep and related disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00