Sleep and Epidemiology Research Center (SERC)

Study Resources

As part of our effort in supporting studies of sleep, the SERC has developed a wealth of training and procedural information on setting up, recording, processing and scoring Polysomnography. Documentation is provided here to help study personnel or those interested in learning more about how PSG data are collected and processed.

About PSG Data

• Interactive PSG Data Dictionary - browse or search for variables available from scored PSG studies and see detailed explanations and derivations.
• About European Data Format (EDF) - information about this common format form sharing PSG data.

Procedure Manuals

Procedures for collection, transmission, scoring and management of PSG data.  General operating procedures as well as study-specific procedure manuals are available.

• General Reading Center Manuals
• Research Center SOP
• Reading Center Scoring Procedures
• Study-specific Procedure Manuals
• SHHS RC Manual
• MrOS PSG Procedure Manual

Uploading and Downloading Data

Collection sites can upload study data to our secure FTP server per the study Manual of Operating Procedures.

Selected PSG data is also available for download via the PSG PhysioRepository.

Instructions for data upload and download via FTP are available here.

Training Materials

Overviews of PSG hookup and data collection are coming soon.