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  • Neuroscience
  • Gerontology

Background:

  • Sleep onset latency (SOL) perception is crucial for sleep quality assessment.
  • Misperception of SOL is common, particularly in older adults and individuals with insomnia.
  • Understanding the electroencephalogram (EEG) correlates of SOL misperception is vital for targeted interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between sleep EEG characteristics and the misperception of Sleep Onset Latency (SOL).
  • To identify specific sleep fragmentation parameters associated with SOL misperception.
  • To model the minimum sleep duration required for perception as sleep in different groups.

Main Methods:

  • Secondary analysis of polysomnography (PSG) recordings from elderly individuals (insomnia and good sleepers).
  • Extraction of sleep fragmentation parameters: number of awakenings, Wake After Sleep Onset (WASO), and percentage of NREM1 sleep.
  • Correlation analysis of PSG parameters with misperceived sleep in the insomnia group; modeling of subjective SOLs.

Main Results:

  • Misperception of SOL correlated with a higher percentage of NREM1 sleep and increased WASO during the first sleep cycle.
  • A model indicated that insomnia subjects perceived sleep onset only after continuous sleep fragments longer than 30 minutes.
  • Healthy good sleepers perceived sleep fragments of 10 minutes or longer as sleep, indicating greater tolerance to interruptions.

Conclusions:

  • Sleep onset misperception is associated with early-night sleep fragmentation.
  • Individuals with insomnia require longer continuous sleep periods to perceive sleep compared to controls.
  • Further model development can elucidate the mechanisms underlying sleep misperception.