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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2009 Nov-Dec;38(6):676–685. doi: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2009.01064.x

Table 4:

Correlations Between Sleep, Light Exposure and Well-Being (N = 20)

NRS-MF NRS-EF EPDS SF36PCS SF36MCS 12 hours’ light exposure
GSDS  .52*  .51*  .40 −.40 −.53* − 0.31
 Sleep quality  .37  .54*  .38 −.14 −.55* − 0.07
 Daytime function  .55*  .52*  .29 −.45* −.48* − 0.36
TST  .12  .06  .03 −.28  .02 − 0.51*
WASO −.24 −.18 −.26 −.24  .20 − 0.20
Sleep debt  .48*  .30  .15 −.07 −.17 − 0.33
12 hours’ light exposure −.40 −.20 −.19  .65**  .23   1.00

Note. EPDS 5 Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, GSDS 5 General Sleep Disturbance, NRS-EF 5 Numerical Rating Scale-Evening Fatigue, NRS-MF 5 Numerical Rating Scale-Morning Fatigue, SF36MCS 5 Medical Outcomes Short From-36 version2-Mental Health Summary, SF36PCS 5 Medical Outcomes Short Form-36 version 2-Physical Component Summary, sleep debt 5 total sleep time reported by mothers to feel refreshed minus total sleep time measured by actigraph, TST 5 nighttime total sleep time monitored from wrist actigraph, WASO 5 wake after sleep onset in minutes.

*

p<.05.

**

p<.01.