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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Oncol Nurs Forum. 2015 Jul 1;42(4):371–379. doi: 10.1188/15.ONF.371-379

Table 3.

Mean Daily Objective Sleep Parameters (N = 40)

Nighttime Sleep Nighttime Sleep
and Daytime Naps


Variable SD SD
Total sleep time (minutes) 232.38 71.16 341.59 141.06
Sleep latency (minutes) 15.38 14.89 24.09 18.07
Sleep efficiency (percent) 42.26 8.4 55.07 10.01
Wake after sleep onset (minutes) 313.58 120.46 220.72 105.32
Number of awakenings 31.73 12.93 28.64 13.1
Naps 7.5 5.84

Note. One patient had no defined sleep periods during the 96-hour study period.