A patient says, "It takes me about 15 minutes to go to sleep each night." This comment describes:
a. delta sleep.
b. parasomnia.
c. sleep latency.
d. rapid eye movement sleep.
ANS: C
Sleep latency refers to the amount of time it takes a person to fall asleep. The distracters represent other phases of the sleep cycle.
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