Average mid‐sleep time as a proxy for circadian phase

Oct 17, 2017PsyCh journal

Using Average Mid-Sleep Time to Estimate Internal Body Clock Phase

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Abstract

A single sleep-time assessment can represent melatonin phase by over 60%.

  • Current methods for assessing circadian phase using melatonin are complex and time-consuming.
  • Common sleep-time indices do not reliably reflect melatonin phase.
  • The proposed single sleep-time assessment offers a simpler alternative for estimating circadian phase.
  • This assessment improves the alignment of subjective sleep reports with objective melatonin phase measurements.

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