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Validation of Actigraphy in Middle Childhood
Author(s) -
Lisa J. Meltzer,
Petrina Wong,
Sarah N. Biggs,
Joel Traylor,
Ji Young Kim,
Rakesh Bhattacharjee,
Indra Narang,
Carole L. Marcus
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.5665/sleep.5836
Subject(s) - actigraphy , polysomnography , sleep onset , medicine , sleep (system call) , sleep onset latency , physical therapy , sleep diary , pediatrics , audiology , insomnia , psychiatry , apnea , computer science , operating system
Few studies have examined the validity of actigraphy in school-aged children. The objective of this study was to examine the validity of a commonly used actigraph compared to polysomnography (PSG) in a sample of children age 5 to 12 y born prematurely, sleeping in their natural home environment.

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