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Table 1 Number of participants meeting valid day requirements according to valid day definitions

From: Reliable measures of rest-activity rhythm fragmentation: how many days are needed?

N valid days

Scenario 1:

Accelerometer wear time ≥ 2/3 of the entire day*

%

Scenario 2:

Accelerometer wear time ≥ 2/3 of both day and night periods

%

Scenario 3:

Accelerometer worn during the entire day

%

1

4100

99.9

4097

99.8

4093

99.7

2

4093

99.7

4084

99.5

4064

99.0

3

4074

99.3

4067

99.1

4034

98.3

4

4054

98.8

4046

98.6

3978

96.9

5

4020

98.0

4012

97.8

3854

93.9

6

3985

97.1

3974

96.8

3571

87.0

7

3867

94.2

3832

93.4

2859

69.7

  1. * An entire day is defined as the period between wake up to next wake up (it combines the day (wake up to sleep onset) and night (sleep onset to wake up) periods)