Evaluating reliability in wearable devices for sleep staging
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2024-03-18
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Sleep is crucial for physical and mental health, but traditional sleep quality assessment methods have limitations. This scoping review analyzes 35 articles from the past decade, evaluating 62 wearable setups with varying sensors, algorithms, and features. Our analysis indicates a trend towards combining accelerometer and photoplethysmography (PPG) data for out-of-lab sleep staging. Devices using only accelerometer data are effective for sleep/wake detection but fall short in identifying multiple sleep stages, unlike those incorporating PPG signals. To enhance the reliability of sleep staging wearables, we propose five recommendations: (1) Algorithm validation with equity, diversity, and inclusion considerations, (2) Comparative performance analysis of commercial algorithms across multiple sleep stages, (3) Exploration of feature impacts on algorithm accuracy, (4) Consistent reporting of performance metrics for objective reliability assessment, and (5) Encouragement of open-source classifier and data availability. Implementing these recommendations can improve the accuracy and reliability of sleep staging algorithms in wearables, solidifying their value in research and clinical settings.
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npj Digital Medicine
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7 (1)
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74
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09715 - Menon, Carlo / Menon, Carlo
03827 - Gassert, Roger / Gassert, Roger