Table 3 Sleep statistics in report for physician
From: Sleep disorder diagnosis: the design and implications of online tools
Name | Description |
|---|---|
Mean sleep duration. | Average time spent asleep. |
Range of sleep duration. | The minimum and maximum time spent asleep over the sleep diary time period. |
Number of nights with fewer than seven hours sleep. | A count of the number of nights where fewer than seven hours of sleep were achieved. |
Mean for sleep onset. | Average length of time taken between settling in bed ready for sleep; for example, light off, television off, and time that sleep was achieved. |
Range of sleep onset. | The minimum and maximum times spent getting to sleep over the sleep diary period. |
Mean wake up time. | Average time that the person wakes for the last time. |
Mean sleep efficiency. | Sleep efficiency is the proportion of time spent asleep in the time available for sleep; for example, of the nine hours spent in bed, eight hours were spent asleep. The sleep efficiency is 8/9 = 0.89. |