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It has been widely observed that a period of good sleep leaves a person refreshed, frequently energetic, enthusiastic, and in good spirits; on the other hand, poor sleep is associated with daytime sleepiness, lethargy, and frequently mild to moderate forms of ill-temper. However, the specific set of variables that determines the quality of sleep remains elusive. It is the premise of this chapter that the fragmentation (or continuity) of sleep is one of the variables contributing to the quality of a period of sleep and thus a measurement technique for this parameter would be useful for analyzing sleep studies and testing hypotheses. Sleep fragmentation may be thought of as the pessimist’s view of sleep continuity insofar as decreasing sleep fragmentation is equivalent to increasing sleep continuity, and vice versa. As one sometimes views the world with a pessimist’s eye and sometimes with an optimist’s eye, both terms will be used interchangeably in this chapter.
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Rothenberg, S.A. (1987). Measurement of Sleep Fragmentation. In: Peter, J.H., Podszus, T., von Wichert, P. (eds) Sleep Related Disorders and Internal Diseases. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72560-9_5
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