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Table 5 Observed means and standard deviations for the groups at each time point, with medians and 25th and 76th percentiles reported for non-normal data

From: Ambient bright light treatment improved proxy-rated sleep but not sleep measured by actigraphy in nursing home patients with dementia: a placebo-controlled randomised trial

 

Intervention group

Control group

Baseline

Week 8

Week 16

Week 24

Baseline

Week 8

Week 16

Week 24

SE

Mean (SD)

75.0 (18.6)

74.8 (14.5)

76.5 (15.7)

71.8 (18.8)

72.4 (16.3)

70.3 (15.4)

69.2 (13.4)

71.7 (15.2)

 

Median (25th–75th)

80.2 (67.0–90.8)

76.9 (67.7–88.5)

80.0 (70.7–89.1)

76.6 (58.1–87.0)

79.0 (59.0–87.5)

75.7 (55.3–81.3)

70.2 (60.7–79.4)

72.4 (60.5–84.2)

TST night

Mean (SD)

359.9 (89.3)

358.8 (69.6)

367.0 (75.3)

344.5 (90.0)

347.6 (78.3)

339.2 (75.2)

332.0 (64.3)

344.1 (73.2)

 

Median (25th–75th)

385.1 (321.4–432.1)

368.3 (324.9–425.0)

383.4 (240.0–427.7)

367.6 (278.6–415.2)

379.1 (283.1–419.9)

364.4 (265.6–394.7)

336.9 (291.3–381.3)

347.4 (290.6–404.3)

TST 24 h

Mean (SD)

623.3 (162.0)

623.3 (162.0)

597.7 (137.3)

626.2 (179.7)

669.2 (182.7)

655.5 (157.1)

646.2 (152.9)

664.6 (186.4)

TST day

Mean (SD)

125.4 (70.3)

119.9 (73.0)

141.2 (100.2)

137.1 (82.3)

176.2 (93.1)

150.0 (91.5)

159.0 (90.9)

154.5 (88.6)

WASO

Mean (SD)

58.8 (32.4)

65.7 (36.4)

56.3 (23.7)

75.3 (48.7)

76.3 (50.0)

73.4 (43.5)

73.6 (33.7)

71.7 (39.1)

SDI

Mean (SD)

10.3 (14.9)

8.0 (8.8)

7.7 (12.3)

6.9 (10.7)

10.0 (12.8)

19.2 (21.3)

10.8 (10.5)

9.4 (10.3)

 

Median (25th–75th)

3.0 (0.0–13.0)

5.5 (1.5–12.0)

2.0 (0.0–12.0)

2.0 (0.0–10.0)

3.0 (0.0–18.0)

12.0 (2.0–32.0)

5.5 (2.0–21.0)

5.0 (3.0–14.0)

 

Proportion with sleep problems, n (%)*

12 (40.0)

11 (47.8)

8 (40.0)

8 (33.3)

14 (45.2)

12 (44.4)

14 (60.9)

12 (54.5)

  1. *Sleep problems defined as sleep efficiency < 75%
  2. SE sleep efficiency, SD standard deviation, SDI Sleep Disorder Inventory, TST total sleep time, WASO wake after sleep onset