Sleep Regulation Basics: Can You Distinguish Between Sleep Quantity and Sleep Continuity?

Clinicians evaluating sleep health often need to distinguish between sleep quantity and sleep continuity. Objective sleep measures can capture fragmentation and nighttime disruption even when total sleep time changes little. Recent randomized clinical trial data highlight how targeted interventions can improve these parameters without necessarily increasing total sleep duration.

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