The relationship between objective and subjective sleep quality is still debated. Here, we investigate differences in objective sleep parameters in habitual subjective good sleepers and bad sleepers with the aim of evaluating sleep continuity, stability and organization as possible determinants of subjective sleep quality. In total, 38 subjects (good sleepers, N = 18; bad sleepers, N = 20) underwent two nights of sleep recording. Traditional sleep parameters displayed no between-groups differences. Conversely, bad sleepers showed lower sleep continuity (awakenings frequency), stability (e.g. arousals and state transitions frequency) and organization (e.g. number of sleep cycles and time spent in cycles). Our findings point to the involvement of these measures in determining habitual sleep quality perception and suggest the possibility to include them in standard sleep assessments.

Sleep continuity, stability and organization in good and bad sleepers / Francesca Conte, Mariangela Cerasuolo, Giuseppina Fusco, Fiorenza Giganti, Iginio Inserra, Serena Malloggi, Ilaria Di Iorio, Gianluca Ficca. - In: JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 1359-1053. - ELETTRONICO. - 26:(2021), pp. 2131-2142. [10.1177/1359105320903098]

Sleep continuity, stability and organization in good and bad sleepers

Fiorenza Giganti;Serena Malloggi;
2021

Abstract

The relationship between objective and subjective sleep quality is still debated. Here, we investigate differences in objective sleep parameters in habitual subjective good sleepers and bad sleepers with the aim of evaluating sleep continuity, stability and organization as possible determinants of subjective sleep quality. In total, 38 subjects (good sleepers, N = 18; bad sleepers, N = 20) underwent two nights of sleep recording. Traditional sleep parameters displayed no between-groups differences. Conversely, bad sleepers showed lower sleep continuity (awakenings frequency), stability (e.g. arousals and state transitions frequency) and organization (e.g. number of sleep cycles and time spent in cycles). Our findings point to the involvement of these measures in determining habitual sleep quality perception and suggest the possibility to include them in standard sleep assessments.
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Goal 3: Good health and well-being
Francesca Conte, Mariangela Cerasuolo, Giuseppina Fusco, Fiorenza Giganti, Iginio Inserra, Serena Malloggi, Ilaria Di Iorio, Gianluca Ficca
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