Average Weekly Sleep Duration |
Average hours per night of sleep over one week. |
Bedtime |
The time one falls asleep; when using actigraphy data, defined as the first minute of a five-minute period of no actigraphy-detected period of activity (6). |
Bedtime Shift |
The absolute difference in weekend and weekday bedtime, calculated as average weekend bedtime minus average weekday bedtime (7). |
Sleep Midpoint |
Halfway between sleep onset and wake time (12). |
Social Jet Lag |
Calculated as the absolute difference between the midpoint of nightly sleep on the weekends and midpoint of sleep on weekdays (12). |
Waketime |
The time one awakens; when using actigraphy data, defined as the first minute of a five-minute period of actigraphy-detected after a period of inactivity (6). |
Waketime Shift |
The absolute difference in weekend and weekday waketime calculated as average weekend waketime minus average weekday waketime (7). |
Weekday Sleep |
Average hours per night of sleep over Sunday night through Thursday night sleep (11). |
Weekend Catch-Up Sleep |
The difference between average hours per night of weekend sleep and weekday sleep; calculated as average hours per night of weekend (Friday and Saturday nights) sleep minus average hours per night of weekday (Sunday through Thursday nights) sleep (11). |
Weekend Sleep |
Average hours per night of sleep over Friday and Saturday nights’ sleep (6). |
Within-Subject Sleep Duration Variability |
Night-to-night variation in hours of sleep from the average; calculated in hours as the intra-subject standard deviation of average nightly sleep duration across a multi-day period (9). |