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. 2018 Aug 29;8(8):e020256. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020256

Table 4.

Secondary outcomes: self-reported versus PSG-recorded sleep behaviours

Self-report PSG Agreement
Sleep-onset position (n=40)*
 Left 31 (78%) 29 (73%) Cohen’s κ† 0.62
 Supine 2 (5%) 3 (7%)
 Right 7 (17%) 8 (20%)
Waking position (n=40)*
 Left 28 (70%) 22 (55%) Cohen’s κ† 0.42
 Supine 0 (0%) 5 (13%)
 Right 12 (30%) 13 (32%)
No of position changes (n=30)‡ 3 (2–4) 6 (3.3–10) Cohen’s κ§ 0.17
% of total sleep time in position (n=35)¶:
 Left 59.9 (28.1) 54.4 (26.4) Spearman’s ρ 0.76
 Supine 7.8 (20.0) 14.8 (18.7) Spearman’s ρ 0.27
 Right 31.3 (27.3) 30.8 (28.5) Spearman’s ρ 0.93

*Count data are presented as: frequency (%).

†Linear/equal weighted Cohen’s κ.

‡Ordinal data presented as: median (IQR).

§Unweighted Cohen’s κ.

¶Continuous data presented as: mean (SD).

PSG, polysomnogram.