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. 2020 Aug 5;14(6):606–620. doi: 10.4162/nrp.2020.14.6.606

Table 4. Changes in objective sleep quality index.

Variables N-FS (n = 21) FS (n = 21) Time × session
Pre Post P-value Pre Post P-value
TST (min) 183.36 ± 4.63 180.84 ± 3.67 0.590 178.23 ± 4.10 193.73 ± 3.32 0.001** 0.007**
WASO (min) 39.89 ± 4.09 42.13 ± 3.36 0.765 42.63 ± 3.89 36.51 ± 3.57 0.079 0.144
NOA (no/night) 10.85 ± 0.75 11.33 ± 0.59 0.422 10.98 ± 0.59 10.31 ± 0.61 0.322 0.290
AAL (min) 4.01 ± 0.46 3.71 ± 0.25 0.550 4.24 ± 0.43 3.66 ± 0.39 0.170 0.581
MI 19.27 ± 1.58 20.10 ± 1.23 0.498 20.27 ± 0.96 15.29 ± 0.71 0.001** 0.008**
FI 13.00 ± 1.74 13.63 ± 1.14 0.543 11.81 ± 1.00 11.80 ± 1.11 0.664 0.772

Values are means ± SEM. P-values calculated by Wilcoxon's signed-rank test.

N-FS, non-feeding session; FS, feeding session TST, total sleep time; WASO, wake after sleep onset; NOA, number of awakenings; AAL, average awakening length; MI, movement index; FI, fragmentation index; SEM, standard error of mean.

**P < 0.01.