Health

What is Time in bed versus time asleep?

Time in bed includes lying awake; time asleep counts only actual sleep.

8 h in bed · 7 h 10 m asleep

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High time in bed with low time asleep may suggest insomnia or fragmented sleep.

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Both counters start together at lights-out; IN BED runs nonstop to 8 h 00 m while ASLEEP pauses through 50 minutes awake and ends at 7 h 10 m. The gap between them is marked.

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