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. 2010 Aug 15;6(4):336–342.

Table 4.

Comparison of sleep efficiency (SE) from polysomnography (PSG) and actigraphy devices

N PSG Sleepwatch Actiwatch Actical
    Sleep efficiency (%) 30 87.3 ± 9.6 92.1 ± 7.0 92.1 ± 6.2 93.3 ± 6.3
88.4 (80.9, 95.6) 93.4 (89.2, 96.5) 93.8 (88.2, 97.0) 96.6 (86.6, 98.3)
    Difference with SE from PSG (%) 30 −4.8 ± 7.6 −4.8 ± 7.3 −6.2 ± 9.5
−5.2 (−9.0, −0.2) −3.4 (−10.0, 0.9) −4.3 (−11.6, −0.1)
    Difference with SE from Actiwatch (%) 30 0.0 ± 5.6 −1.4 ± 3.8
−0.4 (−1.0, 0.9) −1.2 (−2.8, 1.1)

(Mean ± SD; Median [IQR])

Sleepwatch, Sleepwatch actigraph (Ambulatory Monitoring, Inc., Ardsley, NY); Actiwatch, Actiwatch actigraph (Respironics, Pittsburgh, PA); Actical, Actical actigraph (Respironics, Pittsburgh, PA)