‘Measures of Sleep Are Decently Predictive of Preterm Birth’
A study using actigraphy finds that sleep consistency offers better predictive power of preterm birth than average sleep duration.
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Aircraft Noise Disturbs Sleep Even When You Don’t Notice
A new study reveals that aircraft noise at night causes restless sleep and disrupts sleep-wake cycles, even when people don't notice it happening.
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A More Practical Way to Screen for REM Sleep Behavior Disorder
Researchers have now identified a two-step convenient screening method to detect REM sleep behavior disorder at home.
Self-perception of Sleep Quality, Not Actigraphy Data, Impacts Mood Most
Research suggests there is a difference between actigraphy-measured sleep efficiency and people’s own perception of their sleep quality in how they link to people’s evaluations of their well-being.
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Study Assesses Sleep and Fatigue Risk in Emergency Physicians
Investigators were surprised to learn that their hypothesis, which predicted a linear increase in fatigue with later shift start times, was not supported by the data they collected.
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Wrist Accelerometers Help Researchers Link Sleep Quality to Psychiatric Disease
The researchers found striking trends when they examined the associations between the sleep measures and inpatient psychiatric diagnoses.
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[Guest Editorial] Risky Business: Consumer Actigraphs’ Effect on Professional Sleep Medicine
Sleep and activity trackers like Jawbone, Fitbit, and Nike Fuel are now readily available on online shopping sites and at malls around the country. One actigraphy maker argues that this popularity surge in non validated devices poses several dangers.
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