Estimating Sleep Patterns with Activity Monitoring in Children and Adolescents: How Many Nights Are Necessary for Reliable Measures?

Acebo, Christine; Sadeh, Avi; Seifer, Ronald; Tzischinsky, Orna; R. Wolfson, Amy; Hafer, Abigail; A. Carskadon, Mary

doi:10.1093/sleep/22.1.95

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Estimating Sleep Patterns with Activity Monitoring in Children and Adolescents: How Many Nights Are Necessary for Reliable Measures?

Published in SLEEP • Jan 1, 1999

Authors:

Christine Acebo

Avi Sadeh

Ronald Seifer

Abstract

STUDY OBJECTIVES: This study provides estimates of reliability for aggregated values from 1 to 7 recording nights for five commonly used actigraphic measures of sleep patterns, reliability as a function of night type (weeknight or weekend night), and stability of measures over several months. DESIGN...

Subject

Actigraphy

Sleep (system call)

Reliability (semiconductor)

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