Improving the Assessment of Hypersomnolence

Improving the Assessment of Hypersomnolence

The overall purpose of this study is to employ a pragmatic, multidimensional assessment of hypersomnolence that "piggybacks" on routine clinical care in patients with suspected disorders of central nervous system (CNS) hypersomnia, to determine whether these additional objective and subjective assessments are useful in the diagnosis and management of these patients.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age 18-89
• Referred for polysomnography/multiple sleep latency test at Wisconsin Sleep, the sleep medicine clinic and laboratory of the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Exclusion Criteria:

• unstable medical condition that, in the opinion of the investigators, would make it unsafe for the subject to participate