Sleep-Wake Survival Dynamics in People with Insomnia.
Lieke W A HermansMarta RegisPedro FonsecaBertram HoondertTim R M LeufkensSebastiaan OvereemMerel M van GilstPublished in: Nature and science of sleep (2021)
As illustrated by our results, survival analysis can be very useful for disentangling different types of sleep fragmentation in people with insomnia. For instance, the current findings suggest that people with insomnia have an increased fragmentation of NREM sleep, but not necessarily of REM sleep. Additional research into the underlying mechanisms of NREM sleep fragmentation could possibly lead to a better understanding of impaired sleep quality in people with insomnia, and consequently to improved treatment.