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Table 3 Polysomnogram data for total nights’ sleep (excluding the last 20 min before awakening) and the last 20 min of sleep

From: Effects of using a snooze alarm on sleep inertia after morning awakening

 

Snooze use

No-snooze use

t

p

M

SE

M

SE

Excluding last 20 min

 Time in bed (min)

382.0

(8.0)

382.0

(8.0)

–

–

 Total sleep time (min)

371.9

(7.8)

376.8

(7.9)

1.82

n.s.

 Sleep efficiency (%)

97.4

(0.7)

98.6

(0.2)

1.85

n.s.

 Wake after sleep onset (min)

2.5

(0.6)

1.6

(0.4)

1.85

n.s.

 Stage N1 (min)

43.2

(9.8)

21.5

(6.3)

1.12

n.s.

 Stage N2 (min)

192.5

(19.1)

208.9

(3.3)

0.98

n.s.

 Stage N3 (min)

49.9

(8.0)

44.2

(6.2)

0.57

n.s.

 Stage REM (min)

73.6

(8.0)

90.0

(2.2)

1.61

n.s.

 Movement time (min)

12.6

(1.5)

12.2

(1.1)

0.31

n.s.

Last 20 min

 Time in bed (min)

20.0

–

20.0

–

–

–

 Total sleep time (min)

15.7

(0.9)

19.7

(0.2)

4.35

< 0.01

 Sleep efficiency (%)

78.7

(4.4)

98.5

(1.1)

4.62

< 0.01

 Wake after sleep onset (min)

3.9

(1.3)

0.2

(0.2)

3.28

< 0.01

 Stage N1 (min)

6.1

(1.0)

1.5

(0.7)

3.58

< 0.01

 Stage N2 (min)

8.0

(1.7)

11.4

(2.7)

1.08

n.s.

 Stage N3 (min)

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Stage REM (min)

1.6

(1.0)

6.3

(2.6)

1.81

n.s.

 Movement time (min)

0.4

(0.2)

0.5

(0.2)

0.45

n.s.

  1. Note: Results of t-test for sleep variables on snooze and non-snooze nights
  2. SE standard error