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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015 Jul 1;63(7):1391–1400. doi: 10.1111/jgs.13520

Table 2.

Association Between Demographic, Disease Severity, and Sleep Characteristics and Daytime Activity (N = 120)

Characteristic Average Activity
Counts/Min, Mean
(95% Confidence Interval)
P-Value
Racea
  African American 88 (76–100) .01
  Other 117 (95–138)
Sexa
  Female 112 (96–128) .007
  Male 82 (68–96)
Ageb
  50–59 121 (98–145) <.001
  60–69 107 (88–126)
  70–79 72 (53–90)
  ≥80 62 (50–75)
Length of stay, daysb,c
  0–3 112 (87–138) .03
  4–5 110 (81–139)
  ≥6 88 (76–100)
Charlson Comorbidity Indexb,d,e
  0–1 125 (104–147) .01
  2–3 79 (66–91)
  ≥4 71 (60–83)
Objective sleep duration, minutesf
  0–232.8 127 (100–153) .02
  232.9–365.4 83 (70–96)
  >365.4 84 (70–98)
Objective sleep efficiency, %f
  0–62.6 121 (97–145) <.001
  62.7–82.2 102 (84–119)
  >82.2 70 (58–82)
Self-reported rest period, minutesg
  <300 111 (79–142) .56
  300–450 86 (74–98)
  >450 107 (83–130)
Individual sleep debt, minutesh
  <300 87 (73–100) .22
  525–10,620 89 (72–106)
  >10,620 121 (95–147)
Sleep disrupted by paine
  1 95 (81–109) .74
  2–4 119 (91–147)
  5 98 (69–127)
a

Two-sample t-test with equal variances.

b

Nonparametric test for trend across ordered groups.

c

N = 119.

d

N = 116.

e

Based on daily survey while hospitalized and in the study (1 = not disrupted to 5 = extremely disrupted).

f

Obtained from actigraphy.

g

Based on self-reported sleep duration from month before hospital admission.

h

Obtained from difference between objective sleep duration and self-reported rest period before hospital admission.