Sleep Study
Return to DiscussionsHad my first and hopefully last sleep study last night.
The nurse practitioner told me to bring a 2 piece pajama set to sleep in.
I did bring gym shorts and a tank top.
When it was time to get ready for bed, I told the male technician that was working with me what the nurse practitioner said, but that I never wore a shirt in bed and rarely wore shorts. He said there was no need for a shirt, but I did need to wear shorts or underwear.
I therefore wore shorts.
While it was less comfortable than being nude, I actually found the shorts less annoying than the wires and stickers.
I have always heard that they make you wear something to do a sleep study. But the engineer mind in me has always thought " if you are testing how a person sleeps, then it should replicate as much as possible your night to night habits, and forcing someone who sleeps nude to be clad is introducing a unnatural element into the equation"
A coworker's wife is a nurse and she did tell of a sleep study that the nurses had to measure the nocturnal erections of a male patient. My guess is that guy had to sleep nude.
I have always heard that they make you wear something to do a sleep study. But the engineer mind in me has always thought " if you are testing how a person sleeps, then it should replicate as much as possible your night to night habits, and forcing someone who sleeps nude to be clad is introducing a unnatural element into the equation".
Agreed, but at least in my case, the wires, which are necessary for the study were more disruptive to my sleep than the shorts.
I have always heard that they make you wear something to do a sleep study. But the engineer mind in me has always thought " if you are testing how a person sleeps, then it should replicate as much as possible your night to night habits, and forcing someone who sleeps nude to be clad is introducing a unnatural element into the equation".Agreed, but at least in my case, the wires, which are necessary for the study were more disruptive to my sleep than the shorts.
Turns out I have a moderate amount of sleep apnea. Goi to try a new treatment instead of a CPAP machine.