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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sleep Med. 2017 Jun 30;37:124–129. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2017.06.012

Table 2.

Comparison of Sleep Parameters Assessed by PSG and Actigraphy ( ± SD): 5 Immobile or Mobile Minutes Required for Sleep Onset or End (n = 50)

Parameters PSG Actigraphy Difference P value
TST (min) 267.5 ± 71.4
0 178.8 ± 81.7 −88.7 < 0.001
5 265.6 ± 71.4 −1.9 0.818
10 289.1 ± 67.8 21.6 0.009
20 312.7 ± 64.0 45.2 < 0.001
40 333.4 ± 59.5 65.9 < 0.001
SE (%) 65.6 ± 16.9
0 43.8 ± 19.7 −21.8 < 0.001
5 65.1 ± 16.9 −0.5 0.797
10 70.8 ± 15.7 5.2 0.009
20 76.6 ± 14.3 11.0 < 0.001
40 81.7 ± 12.9 16.1 < 0.001
WASO (min) 96.6 ± 59.2
0 207.2 ± 73.0 110.6 < 0.001
5 120.4 ± 54.0 23.7 < 0.001
10 96.9 ± 47.2 0.3 0.975
20 73.3 ± 38.9 −23.3 0.004
40 52.5 ± 31.2 −44.1 < 0.001

Parameters in italic: various actigraphy thresholds. Values in bold are closest to PSG values. TST: total sleep time; SE: sleep efficiency; WASO: wake after sleep onset.