TY - GEN
T1 - Consumer Sleep Tracking Devices
T2 - 26th Medical Informatics in Europe Conference, MIE 2015
AU - Lee, Jeon
AU - Finkelstein, Joseph
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI).
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Consumer sleep tracking devices are widely advertised as effective means to monitor and manage sleep quality and to provide positive effects on overall heath. However objective evidence supporting these claims is not always readily available. The goal of this study was to perform a comprehensive review of available information on six representative sleep tracking devices: BodyMedia FIT, Fitbit Flex, Jawbone UP, Basis Band, Innovative Sleep Solutions SleepTracker, and Zeo Sleep Manager Pro. The review was conducted along the following dimensions: output metrics, theoretical frameworks, systematic evaluation, and FDA clearance. The review identified a critical lack of basic information about the devices: five out of six devices provided no supporting information on their sensor accuracy and four out of six devices provided no information on their output metrics accuracy. Only three devices were found to have related peer-reviewed articles. However in these articles wake detection accuracy was revealed to be quite low and to vary widely (BodyMedia, 49.9±3.6%; Fitbit, 19.8%; Zeo, 78.9% to 83.5%). No supporting evidence on how well tracking devices can help mitigate sleep loss and manage sleep disturbances in practical life was provided.
AB - Consumer sleep tracking devices are widely advertised as effective means to monitor and manage sleep quality and to provide positive effects on overall heath. However objective evidence supporting these claims is not always readily available. The goal of this study was to perform a comprehensive review of available information on six representative sleep tracking devices: BodyMedia FIT, Fitbit Flex, Jawbone UP, Basis Band, Innovative Sleep Solutions SleepTracker, and Zeo Sleep Manager Pro. The review was conducted along the following dimensions: output metrics, theoretical frameworks, systematic evaluation, and FDA clearance. The review identified a critical lack of basic information about the devices: five out of six devices provided no supporting information on their sensor accuracy and four out of six devices provided no information on their output metrics accuracy. Only three devices were found to have related peer-reviewed articles. However in these articles wake detection accuracy was revealed to be quite low and to vary widely (BodyMedia, 49.9±3.6%; Fitbit, 19.8%; Zeo, 78.9% to 83.5%). No supporting evidence on how well tracking devices can help mitigate sleep loss and manage sleep disturbances in practical life was provided.
KW - Consumer health devices
KW - review
KW - sleep trackers
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84937392844&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3233/978-1-61499-512-8-458
DO - 10.3233/978-1-61499-512-8-458
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 25991187
AN - SCOPUS:84937392844
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SP - 458
EP - 460
BT - Digital Healthcare Empowering Europeans - Proceedings of MIE 2015
A2 - Cornet, Ronald
A2 - Stoicu-Tivadar, Lacramioara
A2 - Cornet, Ronald
A2 - Parra Calderon, Carlos Luis
A2 - Andersen, Stig Kjaer
A2 - Horbst, Alexander
A2 - Hercigonja-Szekeres, Mira
PB - IOS Press
Y2 - 27 May 2015 through 29 May 2015
ER -