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. 2021 Dec;16(4):607-618.
doi: 10.1016/j.jsmc.2021.07.002. Epub 2021 Aug 30.

Challenges and Opportunities for Applying Wearable Technology to Sleep

Selene Y Tobin  1 , Paula G Williams  2 , Kelly G Baron  3 , Tanya M Halliday  1 , Christopher M Depner  4
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Challenges and Opportunities for Applying Wearable Technology to Sleep

Selene Y Tobin et al. Sleep Med Clin. 2021 Dec.

Abstract

Wearable technology has a history in sleep research dating back to the 1970s. Because modern wearable technology is relatively cheap and widely used by the general population, this represents an opportunity to leverage wearable devices to advance sleep medicine and research. However, there is a lack of published validation studies designed to quantify device performance against accepted gold standards, especially across different populations. Recommendations for conducting performance assessments and using wearable devices are now published with the goal of standardizing wearable device implementation and advancing the field.

Keywords: Actigraphy; Biomarker; Circadian; Circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorder; Consumer wearable; Sleep disorder; Sleep loss; Sleep medicine.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure P.G. Williams was supported by resources from the University of Utah Neuroscience Initiative. K.G. Baron reports receiving research support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (R01NR018891); T.M. Halliday reports receiving support from the NIH (KL2TR002539); C.M. Depner reports receiving support from the NIH (K01HL145099), the Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, and the University of Utah Vice President for Research Seed Grant Program, and Consulting fees from Elsevier Inc that are unrelated to this work.

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