… Activity-based sleep-wake monitoring or actigraphy has gained a central role as a sleep
assessment tool in sleep medicine. It is used for sleep assessment in clinical sleep research, …

… Summary During the last decade actigraphy (activity-based monitoring) has become an
essential tool in sleep research and sleep medicine. The validity, reliability and limitations of …

… to the following paradox present in sleep medicine. Sleep disorders are chronic, and
symptoms typically result from persistent, daily exposure to disturbances in sleep quality and/or …

… with accepted medical, and the best intelligence, and personality tests.It therefore follows
that actigraphy is as valid a sleep-wake indicator as common medical tests are valid indicators …

… in various sleep disorders and its increasing use in the clinical practice of sleep medicine …
on the clinical use of actigraphy in sleep medicine by providing a critical overview of studies …

… A selection of evidence-based practice parameters and reviews produced by the American
Academy of Sleep Medicine … The role and validity of actigraphy in sleep medicine: an update. …

… Together, these properties define the “validity,” being the agreement between what a PROM
… The role of patients is very important in determining the content aspect of validity—the target …

… ) in sleep medicine and sleep research has enriched and challenged traditional sleep-…
This review summarizes the empirical data on the validity of actigraphy in assessing sleep-…

… The present study examined the validity of an accelerometry device designed to measure
activity to measure sleep-wake behaviors. We evaluated the agreement among three different …

… in rapid eye movement sleep. This is an important study that attributes biological validity
to measuring sleep disturbances in patients who are critically ill from medical conditions. …