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Average mid‐sleep time as a proxy for circadian phase

Author(s) -

Kantermann Thomas,

Burgess Helen J.

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

psych journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417

H-Index - 14

eISSN - 2046-0260

pISSN - 2046-0252

DOI - 10.1002/pchj.182

Subject(s) - melatonin , circadian rhythm , proxy (statistics) , phase response curve , sleep (system call) , phase (matter) , delayed sleep phase , free running sleep , dark therapy , psychology , computer science , light effects on circadian rhythm , neuroscience , sleep disorder , circadian clock , chemistry , machine learning , cognition , organic chemistry , operating system

Assessments of circadian phase using melatonin are laborious. Sleep‐time indices allow for less laborious phase calculations, but common indices weakly represent melatonin phase. We show how a single sleep‐time assessment can represent melatonin phase by over 60%, improving the use of subjective sleep to mirror objective circadian phase.

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