As promised, here's some more information on the patient interaction part of the process. I recently discovered that most patients who haven't had a sleep study before are surprised by what their room looks like. Most of them are expecting a stereotypical hospital bed in a generally unfriendly environment. However, the rooms the patients spend their night in are pretty much hotel rooms with a comfortable, full size bed, a bathroom, a TV.

In terms of the hookup itself, below is an image of the "box" which I mentioned earlier. Every electrode is connected to this box and it is hung up on the wall next to the patient's bed. As such, the wires are neatly bundled which allows the patient to move around comfortably (comfortable being a relative term). If the patient needs to get up for any reason, the technician can remove the box from the wall, hand it to the patient (there's also a strap so the patient can hang the box around their neck) and the patient can get up and do what they needed to do.