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Accepted for/Published in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Date Submitted: Aug 13, 2018
Open Peer Review Period: Sep 11, 2018 - Oct 13, 2018
Date Accepted: Mar 30, 2019
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The final, peer-reviewed published version of this preprint can be found here:

Smartphones as Sleep Duration Sensors: Validation of the iSenseSleep Algorithm

Ciman M, Wac K

Smartphones as Sleep Duration Sensors: Validation of the iSenseSleep Algorithm

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2019;7(5):e11930

DOI: 10.2196/11930

PMID: 31115341

PMCID: 6547769

iSenseSleep: Smartphone as a Sleep Duration Sensor

  • Matteo Ciman; 
  • Katarzyna Wac

ABSTRACT

Background:

Smartphones are getting more and more ubiquitous every day, and are getting closer to our everyday life, being the last thing used before going to sleep and the first one after waking up. This strong correlation between our lifestyle choices and smartphone interaction patterns enables to use them as sensors for sleep duration assessment, to understand individuals' lifestyle and sleep patterns.

Objective:

In this paper, we present the iSenseSleep algorithm for sleep duration assessment based only on the analysis of the user's interaction with his/her smartphone.

Methods:

We have used a smartwatch sleep assessment data as a ground truth. Results were acquired with 14 different subjects acquiring data for up to 6 months each.

Results:

Results show that based on the smartphone ON-OFF patterns, individual’s sleep duration can be estimated with an average error of 24 ± 17 minutes (7 ± 4% of the total duration) enabling an estimate of sleep start and wake-up times, as well as sleep deprivation patterns.

Conclusions:

It is possible to estimate sleep duration patterns using only data related to smartphone screen interaction. Clinical Trial: Study protocol “Understanding Diverse Factors Influencing Individuals’ Sleep Quality And Smartphone-Based Ubiquitous Assessment Of Individual Sleep Patterns”: Protocol 2015-15-0117/519-0019/15-5000 approved by the Institutional Review Board, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; Protocol Director: Prof. K. Wac, Active since 2016.


 Citation

Please cite as:

Ciman M, Wac K

Smartphones as Sleep Duration Sensors: Validation of the iSenseSleep Algorithm

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2019;7(5):e11930

DOI: 10.2196/11930

PMID: 31115341

PMCID: 6547769

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