Validation of actigraphy sleep metrics in children aged 8 to 16 years: considerations for device type, placement and algorithms

• Main Authors: K. A. Meredith-Jones (Author), J. J. Haszard (Author), A. Graham-DeMello (Author), A. Campbell (Author), T. Stewart (Author), B. C. Galland (Author), A. Cox (Author), G. Kennedy (Author), S. Duncan (Author), R. W. Taylor (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Actigraphy is often used to measure sleep in pediatric populations, despite little confirmatory evidence of the accuracy of existing sleep/wake algorithms. The aim of this study was to determine the performance of 11 sleep algorithms in relation to overnight polysomnography in ch...