Journal: Cureus
Article Title: Eye Masks and Earplugs to Improve Night Sleep Duration in Nulliparas: A Randomized Trial
doi: 10.7759/cureus.32226
Figure Lengend Snippet: Primary outcome after randomization to eye-mask and earplugs or headband. Data expressed as mean ± standard deviation or number (%). Analyses by Student t test for comparison of means for continuous data, Fisher’s exact test for 2x2 categorical datasets with any cell <5 and Chi-Square test for larger than 2x2 categorical datasets. 2-sided analyses P <0.05 for all variables. 1 One participant in headband arm had no retrievable actigraphy Week 2 (intervention). 2 Paired test analysis comparing week 1 to week 2 within each trial arm.
Article Snippet: Participants were told that their self-reported short sleep would first be verified by a wristband actigraphy monitor (ActiGraph ActiSleep monitor, Pensacola, FL, USA) [ , ] over one week after which they would be randomized to a sleep aid, either EMEP or an elastic headband (HB) for the second week with the monitor.
Techniques: Standard Deviation, Comparison