Sentences with phrase «number of awakenings»

Is it after a certain number of awakenings?

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.

At night, the number of awakenings will have reduced to probably once or twice.

No differences were found between diphenhydramine and placebo in terms of time in bed or the number of awakenings.

The researchers found that, after adjusting for potentially confounding factors, time spent with oxygen saturation < 90 %, sleep time, number of awakenings, periodic leg movements, heart rate, and daytime sleepiness were all associated with the composite outcome, with the total sleep time spent with oxygen saturation below 90 % being the strongest association (9 minutes vs. 0 minutes: hazard ratio = 1.5, 95 % confidence interval, 1.25 - 1.79).

It can help bring on sleep but then act as a stimulant and increase the number of awakenings during the night.

Although alcohol may help bring on sleep, after a few hours it acts as a stimulant, increasing the number of awakenings and generally decreasing the quality of sleep later in the night.