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. 2022 Jul 12;31(7):965–973. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2021.0328

Table 3.

Within-Subject Comparisons Between Self-Report Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Actigraphy (n = 71)

Sleep characteristic Mean ± SD Pearson correlation (r) with PSQI Paired t statistic (p value) Cohen's d
Time in bed (hours)
 PSQI 7.5 ± 1.1      
 Actigraphy 7.9 ± 1.1 0.44a 2.6 (0.01) 0.439
 Recline/sleep weekdays 7.3 ± 1.3 0.54a 1.3 (0.21)b 0.219
 Recline/sleep weekends 8.0 ± 1.4 0.34a 2.9 (0.004) 0.490
SOL (minutes)
 PSQI 19.3 ± 16.9      
 Actigraphy 11.7 ± 7.8 0.24 3.5 (0.001) 0.591
Sleep duration (hours)
 PSQI 6.7 ± 1.1      
 Actigraphy 7.0 ± 1.2 0.40a 2.3 (0.028) 0.388
Sleep efficiency (%)
 PSQI 89.7 ± 11.8      
 Actigraphy 89.2 ± 9.1 0.05 0.3 (0.81)b 0.050
a

Pearson correlation p-value ≤0.05; measure significantly correlated with PSQI measure.

b

Paired samples t-test p-value >0.05; measure not significantly different from PSQI measure.

SOL, sleep onset latency.