To identify the effects of partial sleep deprivation on the sleep structure, the authors performed polysomnographic study for 9 healthy young adults. The subjects were college students, ranging in age from 20 to 25 years, without personal past or pres...
To identify the effects of partial sleep deprivation on the sleep structure, the authors performed polysomnographic study for 9 healthy young adults. The subjects were college students, ranging in age from 20 to 25 years, without personal past or present histories of medical, neurological, or psychiatric illness and suffering from current sleep disturbance or parasomomnias. Sleep records were analyzed according to the criteria of Rechtschaffen and Kales' manual and tried paired t-test.
The results were summarized as follows.
1. As for sleep parameters, total sleep time(TST), REM latency and REM duration were not changed significantly during deprivation period and recovery period compared with baseline. Sleep efficiency increased significantly during deprivation period and recovery period compaired with baseline, and sleep latency and WASO were shortened significantly during deprivation period and recovery period compared with baseline.
2. As for sleep structure,
1) The absolute value(minutes) of stage 1 decreased significantly during deprivation period and first recovery night compared with baseline, and the relative value(percentage) of stage 1 decreased significantly during deprivation period and recovery period compared with baseline.
2) The absolute value(minutes) of stage 2 decreased significantly during deprivation period compared with baseline, and the relative value(percentage) of stage 2 decreased significantly during deprivation period and first recovery night compared with baseline.
3) The absolute value(minutes) of slow wave sleep were not changed significantly during deprivation period and recovery period compared with baseline, and the relative value(percentage) of slow wave sleep increased significantly during recovery period compared with baseline.
4) The absolute value(minutes) of REM sleep decreased significantly during deprivation period compared with baseline, and the relative value(percentage) of REM sleep decreased significantly in the first deprivation night but, were not changed significantly during recovery period compared with baseline.