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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 29.
Published in final edited form as: ACSMs Health Fit J. 2018 Mar-Apr;22(2):23–29. doi: 10.1249/FIT.0000000000000375

Table 1.

Description of terms used in the article.

Term Definition
Time in Bed (TIB) The total time spent in bed during a sleep opportunity.
Total Sleep Time (TST) The total amount of time actually slept during a sleep opportunity, measured objectively or by self-report (e.g., sleep logs and surveys)
Sleep Efficiency (SE) Total sleep time / Total time in bed, usually expressed as a percentage
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) A treatment for insomnia that involves several components including the following:
  1. Sleep hygiene assessment and sleep education

  2. Sleep restriction

  3. Stimulus control

  4. Cognitive therapy

  5. Relaxation strategies