Table 2 Summary measures from the reaction self-test (RST) data, including pre- and post-flight observations.

From: Dynamic ensemble prediction of cognitive performance in spaceflight

Total number of observations

(N = 2968)

Period, n (%)

 Pre-flight

506 (17.0)

 In-flight

2109 (71.1)

 Post-flight

353 (11.9)

Time of day, n (%)

 Morning

1568 (52.8)

 Evening

1379 (46.5)

 Other

21 (0.71)

Alertness

 LRM-50

− 33.0 (12.7)

Sleep

 Time in bed sleeping, hours

6.61 (1.30)

 Time in bed not sleeping, hours

0.61 (0.77)

Self-report 11-point ratings

 Low workload (0–10)

4.47 (2.18)

 Very stressed (0–10)

3.87 (2.01)

 Poor sleep quality (0–10)

3.60 (1.87)

Medication use

 Caffeine, doses

2.05 (1.50)

 Sleep aid flag, n (%)

131 (4.41)

 Decongestant flag, n (%)

25 (0.84)

 Antihistamine flag, n (%)

36 (1.21)

 Pain medication flag, n (%)

143 (4.82)

Extravehicular activity (EVA)

 EVA today flag, n (%)

8 (0.27)

 EVA tomorrow flag, n (%)

23 (0.77)

  1. Table values are mean (standard deviation) and count (percent) for continuous and categorical variables, respectively.