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.