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Evaluating Sleeping and Waking States of Infants: Consistency of Actigraph and Observational Data
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Welfare Science, Okayama Prefectural University, Soja, Japan
Graduate School of Health Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
- 1 Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Welfare Science, Okayama Prefectural University, Soja, Japan
- 2 Graduate School of Health Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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Abstract
The objective was to evaluate sleeping and waking states of infants <6 months old. The design of study was comparing video-recorded and actigraphic data. Participants were thirteen healthy 3- to 5-month-old infants. At their homes, subjects wore an ankle actigraph for 1 h and were videotaped simultaneously. We performed per-minute analysis of video data using the method for observing newborns developed by Brazelton. Video and actigraphic data were compared each minute. The total concordance rate was 93.5%. Sleep/wake identification by actigraphy and visual observation correspond closely for infants.
KeywordsActigraphInfantSleep-WakefulnessObservation
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