All children (N = 26) participating
in the study were asked to wear
the actigraphy-score wrist monitor
(Respironics®) and to complete a daily
diary for three consecutive days. The
research nurse applied the actigraphscore
watch at the time of discharge
from the ambulatory short-stay surgery
center for the post-operative T & A
sample. In the age and gendermatched
school sample, the research
nurse applied the actigraph-score
watch once the enrollment procedures
were complete. Children in the
school sample did not wear the actigraph-
score watch during days when
they participated in competitive
school sport events.