Agreement Between Actigraphy and Diary ‐Recorded Measures of Sleep in Children With Epilepsy

ConclusionsOur study demonstrates an acceptable agreement between actigraphy and diary recordings for sleep onset, sleep offset, and daytime sleep, but insufficient agreement for actual sleep at night and wake after sleep onset, with parents of children sleeping alone more likely to misestimate child sleep behaviors. Deviation of weekend sleep from weekdays further decreased the accuracy of parental sleep estimates and increased the discrepancies between actigraphy and diary. Clinical RelevanceSleep in children with epilepsy assessed using diary recordings alone could be misleading, and actigraphy should be preferred over diaries when resources are available.

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Source: Journal of Nursing Scholarship - November 1, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Shao ‐Yu Tsai, Wang‐Tso Lee, Chien‐Chang Lee, Suh‐Fang Jeng, Wen‐Chin Weng Tags: ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT Source Type: research