Comparing the historical four-stage sleep classification system with the American Academy of Sleep Medicine's three-stage system shows only minor differences in total sleep time, sleep efficiency, and REM sleep, but the choice of system impacts the measurement of wake after sleep onset and the distribution of NREM sleep stages.

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• Person: Goran Medic, Micheline Wille, Michiel EH Hemels Organization: Dove Press
  Short- and long-term health consequences of sleep disruption

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• Short- and long-term health consequences of sleep disruption www.dovepress.com Goran Medic, Micheline Wille, Michiel EH Hemels · Dove Press via serper

Referenced by nodes (5)

• REM sleep concept
• NREM sleep concept
• American Academy of Sleep Medicine entity
• sleep efficiency concept
• total sleep time concept