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Sleep Duration

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Total sleep time

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Sleep duration typically refers to the total amount of sleep obtained, either during the nocturnal sleep episode or across the 24-h period.

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Measurement

Sleep duration can be measured via questionnaire, diary, actigraphy, or polysomnography. In population-based epidemiologic studies, single-item self-report measures of sleep duration have often been utilized (e.g., How many hours of sleep do you obtain on a typical night?). In clinical and research settings, sleep diaries, actigraphy, and polysomnography provide assessments of sleep duration. Sleep diaries involve the subjective report of sleep duration, typically assessed daily for a minimum of 1 week. Actigraphy provides an objective estimate of sleep/wake status from the detection of bodily movement, whereas polysomnography measures sleep duration through the assessment of multiple physiological signals, including brain, eye, and muscle activity. Although typically correlated, large...

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  1. Department of Health and Physical Activity, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Christopher E. Kline

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  1. Behavioral Medicine Research Center, Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA

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Kline, C.E. (2020). Sleep Duration. In: Gellman, M.D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39903-0_846

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