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. 2017 Feb 10;40(3):zsx006. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsx006

Table 1.

Items Used to Operationalize Sleep Variables in Each of the Sleep Diaries.

Bedtime
 United States Attempted to fall asleep at ___________ am pm (circle am or pm)
 Australia Went to bed last night at ____________ am pm (circle am or pm)
 Qatar and United Kingdom Time you went to bed ________ (example entry of 8:00 pm was given in first row)
Sleep onset latency
 United States and Australia Minutes until fell asleep _______________
 Qatar and United Kingdom Researcher calculated variable as difference in minutes between “Time you went to bed” and “Time you think you fell to sleep”
Wake time
 United States and Australia Finally woke at _______________ am pm (circle am or pm)
 Qatar and United Kingdom Time you woke up _________ (example entry of 6:00 am was given in first row)
Sleep duration
 United States Slept this much last night _______ hours and _______ minutes
 Australia Went to bed last night at ____________ am pm (circle am or pm)
 Qatar and United Kingdom Total sleep duration (hours and minutes) _________ (example entry of 9 h 30 min was given in the first row)

Units of measurement were clock times for bedtime and wake time, minutes for sleep onset latency, and hours and minutes for sleep duration.