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Sleep efficiency

‎05-25-2014 11:22

‎05-25-2014 11:22

Hi! Trying to understand my sleep efficiency. What should I be aiming for? I rarely come in higher than 50%. I mostly get 7-8 hours of "sleep" with more than half of that registering as "restless". Any thoughts?

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‎05-29-2014 01:55

‎05-29-2014 01:55

hmm i've tried it over the past week or for sleep tracking and have been gotten constant 92-3% sleep effiencies. I've tried varying sleep patterns by sleep earlier and later and waking up earlier or later. 

Is your band set to sensitive? I am by no means a fitbit pro so my readings might be due to my inexperience use of this.

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‎06-14-2014 10:29

‎06-14-2014 10:29

I was freaked out by the sleep efficiency stats.  I thought I slept well and 7.5 to 8 hrs per night.  I was getting stats of 46% to 73% for my first 5 days.  I realized that I had it set on sensitive.  I changed it last night to "Normal" and I got 96% efficiency.   I will leave it on that setting instead.  

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‎02-15-2015 16:56

In response to mischa

‎02-15-2015 16:56

My sleep efficiency is consistantly 96%.  However, I wake between 5 and 10 times each night.  I don't understand how the efficiency score is correct.

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‎02-18-2015 05:20

In response to MilesAweigh

‎02-18-2015 05:20

@MilesAweigh wrote:

My sleep efficiency is consistantly 96%.  However, I wake between 5 and 10 times each night.  I don't understand how the efficiency score is correct.

The efficiency score is based on how many "minutes" you're awake given your overall sleep time. So in that case it's not necessarily always the best way to look at your data. You should look at your awake moments and your minutes awake/restless. Given that, 5-10 times is not bad. Usually I get 15-30 times awake moments and with that I get 88-92% efficiency. Keep in mind that these could be points of restlessness and not all are awake moments. At the end of the day both data pieces are important.

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‎02-18-2015 22:08

In response to MilesAweigh

‎02-18-2015 22:08

Depends on how long you're awake for I guess,

 

I just had 6 hours sleep, registered 98% and x3 awake.

All I remember of being awake is turning over in bed/moving and I fell straight back to sleep.

 

I think it would drop the score if you woke and could not get back to sleep, or stopped for a few minutes for water etc.  The longer you sleep also I would guess allows more awake periods.

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‎06-16-2015 16:58

In response to Knowledge

‎06-16-2015 16:58

 

 

The efficiency score is based on how many "minutes" you're awake given your overall sleep time.

How does it determine awake vs. asleep?

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‎06-22-2015 09:23

‎06-22-2015 09:23

I've got a question..... I got the Charge HR for my birthday a couple of weeks ago and gave my Flex to my husband.  My sleep patterns are bizarre.  Most nights I have a few times awake, even though I don't remember waking up and lots of restless minutes, generally 100+.  My Fitbit is on sensitive, but this is ridiculous.  Since I've had the Charge, I'm getting reports that I go to sleep say at 10:30 p.m. and it registers sleeping from then until about 12:15, and then there is nothing registered for approx. an hour.  Then it says I was sleeping from 1:20 a.m. to 5:20 a.m., but with lots of restless periods.  Does anyone know what this means?  No wonder I'm so tired all the time.  Are they really accurate?

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