PNAS Nexus,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
3(1)
Published: Dec. 19, 2023
The
boundaries
between
waking
and
sleeping-when
falling
asleep
(hypnagogic)
or
up
(hypnopompic)-can
be
challenging
for
our
ability
to
monitor
interpret
reality.
Without
proper
understanding,
bizarre
but
relatively
normal
hypnagogic/hypnopompic
experiences
can
misinterpreted
as
psychotic
hallucinations
(occurring,
by
definition,
in
the
fully
awake
state),
potentially
leading
stigma
misdiagnosis
clinical
contexts
misconception
bias
research
contexts.
This
Perspective
proposes
that
conceptual
practical
understanding
differentiating
from
may
offered
lucid
dreaming,
state
which
one
is
aware
of
dreaming
while
sleeping.
I
first
introduce
a
possible
systematization
phenomenological
range
occur
transition
REM
(including
hypnagogic
perceptions,
symptoms,
sleep
paralysis,
false
awakenings,
out-of-body
experiences).
then
outline
how
metacognitive
strategies
used
dreamers
gain/confirm
oneiric
lucidity
could
tested
better
hallucinations.
relevance
analyzed
schizophrenia
narcolepsy,
discussed
neurodegenerative
diseases,
particularly
Lewy-body
disorders
(i.e.
Parkinson's
disease,
disease
dementia,
dementia
with
Lewy
bodies),
offering
testable
hypotheses
empirical
investigation.
Finally,
emotionally
positive
dreams
triggered
enhanced
training/induction
pathological
process
have
intrinsic
therapeutic
value
if
properly
recognized
guided.
overall
intention
raise
awareness
foster
further
about
diagnostic,
prognostic,
implications
brain
disorders.
Sensors,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
21(5), P. 1562 - 1562
Published: Feb. 24, 2021
Designing
wearable
systems
for
sleep
detection
and
staging
is
extremely
challenging
due
to
the
numerous
constraints
associated
with
sensing,
usability,
accuracy,
regulatory
requirements.
Several
researchers
have
explored
use
of
signals
from
a
subset
sensors
that
are
used
in
polysomnography
(PSG),
whereas
others
demonstrated
feasibility
using
alternative
sensing
modalities.
In
this
paper,
systematic
review
different
modalities
been
presented.
Based
on
90
papers,
13
identified.
Each
modality
identify
can
be
obtained
it,
stages
reliably
identified,
classification
accuracy
methods
modality,
as
well
usability
sensor
system.
It
concludes
two
most
common
those
based
electroencephalography
(EEG)
photoplethysmography
(PPG).
EEG-based
accurate,
EEG
being
only
capable
identifying
all
sleep.
PPG-based
much
simpler
better
suited
monitoring
but
unable
stages.
Nature and Science of Sleep,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
Volume 14, P. 493 - 516
Published: March 1, 2022
Commercial
wearable
sleep-tracking
devices
are
growing
in
popularity
and
recent
studies
have
performed
well
against
gold
standard
sleep
measurement
techniques.
However,
most
were
conducted
controlled
laboratory
conditions.
We
therefore
aimed
to
test
the
performance
of
under
naturalistic
unrestricted
home
conditions.Healthy
young
adults
(n
=
21;
12
women,
9
men;
29.0
±
5.0
years,
mean
SD)
slept
at
conditions
for
1
week
using
a
set
commercial
completed
daily
diaries.
Devices
included
Fatigue
Science
Readiband,
Fitbit
Inspire
HR,
Oura
ring,
Polar
Vantage
V
Titan.
Participants
also
wore
research-grade
actigraphy
watch
(Philips
Respironics
Actiwatch
2)
comparison.
To
assess
performance,
all
compared
with
high
performing
mobile
electroencephalography
headband
device
(Dreem
2).
Analyses
epoch-by-epoch
summary
agreement
comparisons.Devices
accurately
tracked
sleep-wake
metrics
(ie,
time
bed,
total
time,
efficiency,
latency,
wake
after
onset)
on
nights
but
best
higher
efficiency.
Epoch-by-epoch
sensitivity
(for
sleep)
specificity
wake),
respectively,
as
follows:
(0.95,
0.35),
(0.94,
0.40),
(0.93,
0.45),
0.41),
(0.96,
0.35).
Sleep
stage-tracking
was
mixed,
variability.As
previous
studies,
better
detecting
than
wake,
favorably
detection.
more
consolidated
patterns.
Unrestricted
TIB
differences
nights.
High
variability
suggests
that
these
devices,
their
current
form,
still
utilized
tracking
outcomes
not
stages.
Most
wearables
exhibited
promising
real-world
conditions,
further
supporting
consideration
an
alternative
actigraphy.
SLEEP,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
47(4)
Published: Dec. 24, 2023
Wearable
sleep-tracking
technology
is
of
growing
use
in
the
sleep
and
circadian
fields,
including
for
applications
across
other
disciplines,
inclusive
a
variety
disease
states.
Patients
increasingly
present
data
derived
from
their
wearable
devices
to
providers
ever-increasing
availability
commercial
new-generation
research/clinical
tools
has
led
wide
adoption
wearables
research,
which
become
even
more
relevant
given
discontinuation
Philips
Respironics
Actiwatch.
Standards
evaluating
performance
have
been
introduced
available
evidence
suggests
that
consumer-grade
exceed
traditional
actigraphy
assessing
as
defined
by
polysomnogram.
However,
clear
limitations
exist,
example,
misclassification
wakefulness
during
period,
problems
with
tracking
outside
main
bout
or
nighttime
artifacts,
unclear
translation
individuals
certain
characteristics
comorbidities.
This
particular
relevance
when
person-specific
factors
(like
skin
color
obesity)
negatively
impact
sensor
potential
downstream
augmenting
already
existing
healthcare
disparities.
holds
great
promise
our
field,
features
distinct
such
measurement
autonomic
parameters,
estimation
features,
integrate
self-reported,
objective,
passively
recorded
health
indicators.
Scientists
face
numerous
decision
points
barriers
incorporating
actigraphy,
multi-sensor
devices,
contemporary
research/clinical-grade
trackers
into
research.
Considerations
include
device
capabilities
performance,
target
population
goals
study,
outputs
raw
aggregate
data,
extraction,
processing,
analysis.
Given
difficulties
implementation
utilization
real-world
research
clinical
settings,
following
State
Science
review
requested
Sleep
Research
Society
aims
address
questions.
What
can
provide?
How
accurate
are
these
data?
should
be
taken
account
research?
These
outstanding
questions
surrounding
considerations
motivated
this
work,
outlining
practical
recommendations
using
Sleep Medicine,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
115, P. 251 - 263
Published: Jan. 26, 2024
.
To
evaluate
the
validity
and
reliability
of
Oura
Ring
Generation
3
(Gen3)
with
Sleep
Staging
Algorithm
2.0
(OSSA
2.0)
through
multi-night
polysomnography
(PSG).
Participants
were
96
generally
healthy
Japanese
men
women
aged
between
20
70
years
contributing
421,045
30-s
epochs.
scoring
was
performed
according
to
American
Academy
Medicine
criteria.
Each
participant
could
contribute
a
maximum
three
(PSG)
nights.
Within-participant
means
created
for
each
sleep
measure
paired
t-tests
used
compare
equivalent
measures
obtained
from
PSG
Rings
(non-dominant
dominant
hand).
Agreement
assessed
using
Bland-Altman
plots.
Interrater
epoch
accuracy
determined
by
prevalence-adjusted
bias-adjusted
kappa
(PABAK).
The
did
not
significantly
differ
time
in
bed,
total
time,
onset
latency,
period
wake
after
onset,
spent
light
sleep,
deep
sleep.
worn
on
non-dominant-
dominant-hand
underestimated
efficiency
1.1
%–1.5
%
REM
4.1–5.6
min.
had
sensitivity
94.4
%–94.5
%,
specificity
73.0
%–74.6
predictive
value
95.9
%–96.1
66.6
%–67.0
91.7
%–91.8
%.
PABAK
0.83–0.84
94.8
staging
ranged
75.5
(light
sleep)
90.6
(REM
sleep).
Gen3
OSSA
shows
good
agreement
global
Nature and Science of Sleep,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
Volume 13, P. 177 - 190
Published: Feb. 1, 2021
Wearable
devices
have
tremendous
potential
for
large-scale
longitudinal
measurement
of
sleep,
but
their
accuracy
needs
to
be
validated.
We
compared
the
performance
multisensor
Oura
ring
(Oura
Health
Oy,
Oulu,
Finland)
polysomnography
(PSG)
and
a
research
actigraph
in
healthy
adolescents.Fifty-three
adolescents
(28
females;
aged
15-19
years)
underwent
overnight
PSG
monitoring
while
wearing
both
an
Actiwatch
2
(Philips
Respironics,
USA).
Measurements
were
made
over
multiple
nights
across
three
levels
sleep
opportunity
(5
with
either
6.5
or
8h,
3
9h).
data
at
two
sensitivity
settings
analyzed.
Discrepancies
estimated
measures
as
well
sleep-wake,
stage
agreements
evaluated
using
Bland-Altman
plots
epoch-by-epoch
(EBE)
analyses.Compared
PSG,
consistently
underestimated
TST
by
average
32.8
47.3
minutes
(Ps
<
0.001)
different
TIB
conditions;
its
default
setting
25.8
33.9
minutes.
significantly
overestimated
WASO
30.7
46.3
It
was
comparable
6.5,
8h
conditions.
Relative
REM
(12.8
19.5
minutes)
light
(51.1
81.2
N3
31.5
46.8
0.01).
EBE
analyses
demonstrated
excellent
sleep-wake
accuracies,
specificities,
sensitivities
-
between
0.88
0.89
all
TIBs.The
yielded
grade
actigraphy
latter's
settings.
Sleep
staging
improvement.
However,
device
appears
adequate
characterizing
effect
duration
manipulation
on
adolescent
macro-architecture.
Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
10(1)
Published: Aug. 11, 2020
A
large
part
of
the
worldwide
population
suffers
from
obstructive
sleep
apnea
(OSA),
a
disorder
impairing
restorative
function
and
constituting
risk
factor
for
several
cardiovascular
pathologies.
The
standard
diagnostic
metric
to
define
OSA
is
apnea-hypopnea
index
(AHI),
typically
obtained
by
manually
annotating
polysomnographic
recordings.
However,
this
clinical
procedure
cannot
be
employed
screening
long-term
monitoring
due
its
obtrusiveness
cost.
Here,
we
propose
an
automatic
unobtrusive
AHI
estimation
method
fully
based
on
wrist-worn
reflective
photoplethysmography
(rPPG),
employing
deep
learning
model
exploiting
cardiorespiratory
information
extracted
rPPG
signal
trained
with
250
We
tested
our
independent
set
188
heterogeneously
disordered
recordings
found
it
estimates
good
agreement
gold
polysomnography
reference
(correlation
=
0.61,
error
3±10
events/h).
estimated
was
shown
reliably
assess
severity
(weighted
Cohen's
kappa
0.51)
screen
(ROC-AUC
0.84/0.86/0.85
mild/moderate/severe
OSA).
These
findings
suggest
that
measurements
can
implemented
in
wearables
such
as
smartwatches,
have
potential
complement
techniques
allowing
respiratory
monitoring.
Frontiers in Digital Health,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
3
Published: Aug. 16, 2021
Movement-based
sleep-wake
detection
devices
(i.e.,
actigraphy
devices)
were
first
developed
in
the
early
1970s
and
have
repeatedly
been
validated
against
polysomnography,
which
is
considered
"gold-standard"
of
sleep
measurement.
Indeed,
they
become
important
tools
for
objectively
inferring
free-living
conditions.
Standard
are
rooted
accelerometry
to
measure
movement
make
predictions,
via
scoring
algorithms,
as
whether
wearer
a
state
wakefulness
or
sleep.
Two
developments
incorporated
newer
devices.
First,
additional
sensors,
including
measures
heart
rate
variability
higher
resolution
sensing
through
triaxial
accelerometers,
introduced
improve
upon
traditional,
movement-based
algorithms.
Second,
these
transcended
scientific
utility
now
being
manufactured
distributed
general
public.
This
review
will
provide
an
overview
of:
(1)
history
actigraphic
measurement,
(2)
physiological
underpinnings
measurement
wearables,
(3)
refinement
validation
both
standard
newer,
multisensory
real-world
detection,
(4)
practical
applications
actigraphy,
(5)
limitations
lastly
(6)
future
directions
within
field.
Digital Biomarkers,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
5(1), P. 89 - 102
Published: April 19, 2021
<b><i>Introduction:</i></b>
We
investigated
the
possibilities
and
opportunities
for
using
wearable
devices
that
measure
physical
activity
physiometric
signals
in
conjunction
with
ecological
momentary
assessment
(EMA)
data
to
improve
treatment
of
pain.
<b><i>Methods:</i></b>
considered
studies
cross-sectional
longitudinal
designs
as
well
interventional
or
observational
correlating
pain
scores
measures
derived
from
devices.
A
search
was
also
performed
on
among
patients
<b><i>Results:</i></b>
Few
have
assessed
possibility
incorporating
objective
tools
contextualizing
function
free-living
environments.
Of
been
conducted,
most
focus
solely
functional
outcomes
measured
by
a
accelerometer.
Several
report
promising
correlations
between
devices,
objectively
activity,
function.
In
addition,
there
is
known
association
physiologic
can
be
pain,
though
these
associate
them
environments
are
limited.
<b><i>Conclusion:</i></b>
There
exists
great
opportunity
study
complex
interplay
signals,
function,
real-time
fashion
The
literature
supports
hypothesis
used
develop
reproducible
biosignals
correlate
combination
EMA
will
likely
lead
development
clinically
meaningful
endpoints
transform
how
we
understand
treat
patients.
Sleep Health,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
8(3), P. 263 - 269
Published: May 3, 2022
New
sleep
technologies
have
become
pervasive
in
the
consumer
space,
and
are
becoming
highly
common
research
clinical
settings.
The
rapid,
widespread
use
of
largely
unregulated
unstandardized
technology
has
enabled
quantification
many
different
facets
health,
driving
scientific
discovery.
As
scientists,
it
is
our
responsibility
to
inform
principles
practices
for
proper
evaluation
any
new
used
settings,
by
consumers.
A
current
lack
standardized
methods
evaluating
performance
challenges
rigor
accurate
representation
health
interest.
This
special
article
describes
rationale
priorities
an
interdisciplinary
effort
rigorous,
standardized,
rapid
(previously,
"validation")
disorders
related
all
kinds
(eg,
devices
or
algorithms),
including
associated
template
a
initiative
publication
Sleep
Health
empirical
studies
systematically
technologies.
structured
type
should
streamline
manuscript
development
enable
more
writing,
review,
publication.
goal
promote
rigorous
dissemination
technology,
enhance
integrity,
standardize
terminology
Rigorous
Performance
Evaluation
papers
prevent
misinterpretation
while
facilitating
comparisons
across