About the Authors

Yen-Liang Chang

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan

Shih-Han Hung

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Wells Ling

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Herng-Ching Lin

Affiliations Sleep Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Health Care Administration, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Hsien-Chang Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Hsien-Chang Li, Shiu-Dong Chung

Affiliation School of Health Care Administration, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Shiu-Dong Chung

Contributed equally to this work with: Hsien-Chang Li, Shiu-Dong Chung

chungshiudong@gmail.com

Affiliations Sleep Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SH H. Lin H. Li SC. Analyzed the data: H. Lin H. Li. Wrote the manuscript: YC SH H. Lin H. Li SC WL. Critical revision: SH H. Lin H. Li SC.