... the cause of disturbed sleep When deemed to be the latter, PLMS is called PLMD PLMS occurs in a wide variety of sleep disorders (including narcolepsy, sleep apnea, REM sleep behavior disorder, ... Division of Sleep Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital.) Evaluation of Daytime Sleepiness Daytime impairment due to sleep loss may be difficult to quantify for several reasons First, sleepiness ... necessarily proportional to subjectively assessed sleep deprivation In obstructive sleep apnea, for example, the repeated brief interruptions of sleep associated with resumption of respiration...