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. 2013 Feb 12;5:23–26. doi: 10.2147/NSS.S38369

Table 1.

Mean values for sleep parameters from parent report compared to wrist actigraphy, sleep diary, and self-report survey, together with mean (±se) differences

Variable Parent Actigraphy Diary Survey




X X Diff (±se) P* X Diff (±se) P* X Diff (±se) P*
School night
Sleep period 8 h 51 m 8 h 06 m 45 m (2.92) <0.001 8 h 16 m 35 m (3.13) <0.001 8 h 10 m 41 m (4.26) <0.001
Bedtime 10:09 pm 10:28 pm −18 m (0.04) <0.001 10:24 pm −14 m (0.04) <0.001
Wake time 6:57 am 7:03 am −6 m (0.04) ns 7:07 am −10 m (0.03) <0.001 6:54 am −3 m (0.02) ns
Weekends
Sleep period 10 h 01 m 8 h 29 m 1 h 32 m (6.17) <0.001 8 h 41 m 1 h 21 m (6.09) <0.001 9 h 21 m 40 m (6.72) <0.001
Bedtime 11:20 pm 11:38 pm −18 m (0.07) <0.001 11:54 am −35 m (0.07) <0.001
Wake time 9:16 am 8:26 am 51 m (0.09) <0.001 8:30 am 47 m (0.08) <0.001 9:22 am 6 m (0.08) ns

Notes:

Actigraphic sleep period was calculated as the time elapsed from sleep onset to sleep offset;

*

bonferroni adjustment used to adjust for multiple comparisons.