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. 2010 Aug 15;10:239. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-239

Table 2.

Crude data of sleep monitored by Actiwatch in anaesthesiologists (ANEST) and paediatricians and ENT-surgeons (PENT).

ANEST (n = 15) PENT (n = 17)
Mean SD Mean SD
Day-time work
 Sleep start 23:19 01:11 23:48 00:57
 Sleep end 06:02 00:24 06:38 00:35
 Total sleep time (hours and minutes) 06:01 1:04 06:06 0:46
 Sleep efficiency (%) 90 5 89 6
Night call
 Sleep start 02:53 01:26 03:15 01:44
 Sleep end 06:44 00:54 07:39 00:40
 Total sleep time (hours and minutes) 02:22 01:48 03:42 01:36
 Sleep efficiency (%) 89 10 85 8
1st post-call night
 Sleep start 23:35 01:12 23:29 01:35
 Sleep end 06:35 00:38 07:52 01:28
 Total sleep time (hours and minutes) 06:15 01:01 07:37 01:50
 Sleep efficiency (%) 90 4 91 4
2nd post-call night
 Sleep start 00:10 01:27 00:18 01:25
 Sleep end 07:06 01:09 07:56 01:09
 Total sleep time (hours and minutes) 06:16 01:19 06:55 01:08
 Sleep efficiency (%) 91 3 91 4
Saturday (off duty)
 Sleep start 23:42 00:44 00:53 01:18
 Sleep end 07:28 01:00 08:35 01:25
 Total sleep time (hours and minutes) 06:48 00:46 06.56 00:54
 Sleep efficiency (%) 88 5 90 4
ANEST (n = 14) PENT (n = 8)


Mean SD Mean SD


Day-time nap post-call
 Sleep start 11:53 01:52 13:51 03:35
 Sleep end 14:47 02:24 15:54 03:29
 Total sleep time (hours and minutes) 2:52 01:27 01:50 01:17
 Sleep efficiency (%) 91 4 91 4