Sleep Irregularity in the Previous Week Influences the First-Night Effect in Polysomnographic Studies
- Authors
- Lee, Da-Hye; Cho, Chul-Hyun; Han, Changsu; Bok, Ki-Nam; Moon, Jung Ho; Lee, Eunil; Lee, Heon-Jeong; Kim, Leen
- Issue Date
- 3월-2016
- Publisher
- KOREAN NEUROPSYCHIATRIC ASSOC
- Keywords
- First-night effect; Sleep irregularity; Polysomnography; Sleep efficiency
- Citation
- PSYCHIATRY INVESTIGATION, v.13, no.2, pp.203 - 209
- Indexed
- SCIE
SSCI
SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- PSYCHIATRY INVESTIGATION
- Volume
- 13
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 203
- End Page
- 209
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/89376
- DOI
- 10.4306/pi.2016.13.2.203
- ISSN
- 1738-3684
- Abstract
- Objective The first-night effect is a well-known phenomenon resulting from an individual's maladaptation to the unfamiliar environment of a sleep laboratory. However, there have been no direct reports of the effect of previous sleep patterns on the first-night effect. We aimed to investigate the effect the previous week's sleep pattern on the first-night effect. Methods Twenty-four young, healthy, male participants completed the study procedure. During one week prior to study, the participants kept sleep diaries and wore actigraphs to identify sleep-wake pattern. Two consecutive nights of polysomnography were conducted after that. Wilcoxon signed-rank tests were applied to compare sleep variables of the two nights. Variance (standard deviation) of sleep onset time during the previous week was used as an index of irregularity. A Kendall's ranked correlation analysis and a linear regression test were applied to detect correlation between sleep irregularity and the first-night effect measured by polysomnography. Results There were significant differences in the values of sleep efficiency (p=0.011) and wake after sleep onset (WASO) (p=0.006) between the two nights. Sleep efficiency was lower and WASO was higher on the first night as compared to the second night. Sleep irregularity in the previous week was negatively correlated with sleep efficiency (p<0.001) of the first night, but was not significantly correlated with any other sleep parameters. Conclusion We replicated the existence of the first-night effect commonly observed in sleep studies. Sleep irregularity in the previous week may influence the first-night effect in polysomnographic studies.
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