Table 1 Actigraphic data on sleep and the rest-activity cycles from fall 2005 (before versus after DST transition).
From: Transitions into and out of daylight saving time compromise sleep and the rest-activity cycles
FALL | Mean/before | 95% confidence interval/before | Standard deviation/before | Mean/after | 95% confidence interval/after | Standard deviation/after | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sleep efficiency (%) | 86.33 | 80.80 – 91.87 | 6.62 | 79.76 | 74.79 – 84.72 | 5.94 | 0.006 |
Movement and fragmentation index | 23.13 | 16.50 – 29.75 | 7.92 | 35.66 | 26.02 – 43.30 | 9.14 | 0.003 |
Relative amplitude | 0.93 | 0.90 – 0.96 | 0.36 | 0.85 | 0.74 – 0.96 | 0.14 | 0.055 |
Intra-daily stability | 0.58 | 0.47 – 0.70 | 0.15 | 0.57 | 0.42 – 0.72 | 0.19 | 0.880 |
Intra-daily variability | 0.83 | 0.73 – 0.93 | 0.13 | 0.82 | 0.67 – 0.97 | 0.19 | 0.857 |