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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2012 Mar 16;41(4):482–490. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2012.658613

Table 2.

Group differences in sleep and fatigue characteristics.

Sleep and Fatigue Characteristics Depressed (n=46) % or M(D) Healthy (n=60) % or M(SD) p Partial η2

Actigraphy Variables
Time asleep (min) 6hr 36.41m (46.6m) 6hr 54.14m (37.3m) .03 .04
Sleep efficiency 81.82 (6.4) 85.12 (4.0) <.01 .07
Wake after sleep onset (WASO) 73.03 (29.6) 61.49 (18.0) .01 .06
Nap duration (min) 1hr 1.44m (77.2m) 26.92 m (43.2m) <.01 .07

Subjective Values*
Sleep Hygiene (ASHS)
 Physiological 1.34 (0.6) 1.09 (0.7) .04 .03
 Cognitive 2.54 (1.0) 1.99 (0.7) <.01 .09
 Emotional 2.00 (1.0) 0.87 (0.7) <.001 .29
 Sleep Environment 1.30 (0.9) 0.65 (0.7) <.001 .12
 Substances 0.15 (0.5) 0.05 (0.3) .20 .02
 Sleep Stability 2.67 (1.1) 1.89 (0.9) <.001 .12
Total 1.67 (0.6) 1.09 (0.4) <.001 .24
Sleep Quality (ASWS)
 Going to bed 3.08 (1.0) 4.09 (1.0) <.001 .19
 Falling asleep 3.24 (1.1) 4.48 (.8) <.001 .32
 Maintaining sleep 3.69 (1.2) 4.68 (.8) <.001 .21
 Reinitiating sleep 4.08 (1.0) 5.15 (.6) <.001 .31
 Returning to wakefulness 2.52 (.9) 3.38 (.9) <.001 .17
Total 3.32 (.83) 4.36 (.6) <.001 .34
Pre-Sleep Arousal (PSAS)
 Cognitive 24.33 (6.9) 15.12 (4.5) <.001 .38
 Somatic 17.18 (5.6) 10.76 (2.8) <.001 .39
Total 41.51 (11.0) 25.88 (6.6) <.001 .45
Fatigue (PedsQL - Fatigue)
 General 47.92 (18.3) 77.90 (13.2) <.001 .48
 Sleep/Rest 48.20 (15.8) 70.13 (15.8) <.001 .32
 Cognitive 44.32 (18.2) 79.10 (15.7) <.001 .52
Total 49.07 (14.9) 86.91 (13.3) <.001 .52
Insomnia (from ASWS)
 1) Difficulty falling asleep (>60% time) 28 (66.6%) 11 (18.6%) <.001 .44
 2) Difficulty staying asleep (>60% time) 19 (43.2%) 5 (8.5%) <.001 .36
Either 1) or 2) 32 (72.7%) 13 (22.0%) <.001 .48
*

N=45 (depressed group); 49 (healthy group)