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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 29.
Published in final edited form as: Chronobiol Int. 2010 Jan;27(1):161–180. doi: 10.3109/07420521003648604

Table 2. Variation of mood and sleepiness relative to time of day and circadian phase.

Refer to Figure 4 for a graphical display of POMS TMD, Confusion, Fatigue, and Vigor results. Refer to Figure 5 for a graphical display of SSS results. POMS: Profile of Mood States; TMD: Total Mood Disturbance; SSS: Stanford Sleepiness Scale. Degrees of freedom for time-of-day analyses: day 1, 382; time of day 7, 382; day × time of day 7, 382; for circadian phase analyses: day 1, 374; circadian phase 11, 374; day × circadian phase 11, 374.

Subscale & Effect: Time of Day: Circadian Phase:
F-value: P-value F-value: P-value:
POMS TMD
 Day 39.58 <0.001 38.99 <0.001
 Time/Phase 26.07 <0.001 9.85 <0.001
 Day × Time/Phase 0.98 0.449 0.79 0.647
POMS Anger
 Day 4.04 0.051 3.13 0.079
 Time/Phase 5.02 <0.001 2.65 0.004
 Day × Time/Phase 1.35 0.251 1.20 0.292
POMS Confusion
 Day 13.82 <0.001 14.13 <0.001
 Time/Phase 15.89 <0.001 7.09 <0.001
 Day × Time/Phase 0.60 0.753 1.27 0.243
POMS Depression
 Day 3.53 0.226 3.08 0.086
 Time/Phase 4.89 <0.001 2.25 0.014
 Day × Time/Phase 1.26 0.275 0.91 0.536
POMS Fatigue
 Day 28.48 <0.001 29.68 <0.001
 Time/Phase 26.13 <0.001 9.99 <0.001
 Day × Time/Phase 0.58 0.773 0.94 0.504
POMS Tension
 Day 3.87 0.056 3.02 0.090
 Time/Phase 4.31 <0.001 2.02 0.030
 Day × Time/Phase 1.29 0.263 1.30 0.227
POMS Vigor
 Day 10.11 0.002 10.79 0.001
 Time/Phase 6.55 <0.001 4.29 <0.001
 Day × Time/Phase 0.59 0.767 0.45 0.930
SSS Sleepiness
 Day 1.63 0.202 1.51 0.220
 Time/Phase 23.18 <0.001 9.54 <0.001
 Day × Time/Phase 0.97 0.452 0.53 0.883