1.4 Symptom of sleep disorder, these measures sleep quality included sleep latency, wake
after sleep onset, sleep efficiency, total sleep time, and total wake time.
Actigraphy has been specifically validated with both insomniac populations and circadian rhythm disorders, and has been found to have concurrent validity with polysomnography (standard sleep study) for number of awakenings
after sleep onset, amount of wake time
after sleep onset, sleep efficiency, and total sleep time.
Improvement in sleep efficiency, total sleep time, sleep onset latency, wake
after sleep onset and number of nocturnal awakenings.
Participants also demonstrated improved sleep onset latency — falling asleep more quickly, and wake time
after sleep onset — waking up earlier.
The researchers found that those subjects receiving CBT experienced a 54 percent reduction in their wake time
after sleep onset.
: «Instituting a consistent nightly bedtime routine, in and of itself, is beneficial in improving multiple aspects of infant and toddler sleep, especially wakefulness
after sleep onset and sleep continuity, as well as maternal mood.»
Not exact matches
To try to understand this barrier between waking and
sleep, the researchers also compared the differences in reports of images or thoughts of Tetris both before
sleep onset and right
after.
The several hours of darkness before
sleep allows sufficient melatonin to be synthesized to induce
sleep around the
onset of declining temperature, which typically occurs several hours
after sunset.
The highest levels are achieved approximately one hour
after the
onset of
sleep.
After drinking, production of adenosine (a
sleep - inducing chemical in the brain) is increased, allowing for a fast
onset of
sleep.
In that study,
sleep onset latency was 8.5 min shorter
after the high glycemic index meal compared to the low glycemic index meal, but TST and
sleep architecture and quality, including arousal index, were not different between conditions.