Not exact matches
Building off of previous research, the results of this studying are showing that wool
sleeping apparel and bedding increases
total sleep time, promotes
sleep onset and improves
sleep efficiency.
Using the Actiwatch and nightly logs, Lauderdale and colleagues recorded how long people spent in bed (on average, 7.5 hours), how long it took them to fall asleep (22 minutes), how long they
slept (6.1 hours), and their
total sleep «
efficiency» — time asleep divided by time in bed (81 percent).
Improvement in
sleep efficiency,
total sleep time,
sleep onset latency, wake after
sleep onset and number of nocturnal 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.
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.