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Measures of sleep and cardiac functioning during sleep using a multi-sensory commercially-available wristband in adolescents

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de Zambotti, Massimiliano, Baker, Fiona C., Willoughby, Adrian R., Godino, Job G., Wing, David, Patrick, Kevin, Colrain, Ian M.·2016·Physiology & Behavior

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To validate measures of sleep and heart rate (HR) during sleep generated by a commercially-available activity tracker against those derived from polysomnography (PSG) in healthy adolescents. Sleep data were concurrently recorded using FitbitChargeHR™ and PSG, including electrocardiography (ECG), during an overnight laboratory sleep recording in 32 healthy adolescents (15 females; age, mean±SD: 17.3±2.5years). Sleep and HR measures were compared between FitbitChargeHR™ and PSG using paired t-tests and Bland-Altman plots. Epoch-by-epoch analysis showed that FitbitChargeHR™ had high overall accuracy (91%), high sensitivity (97%) in detecting sleep, and poor specificity (42%) in detecting wake on a min-to-min basis. On average, FitbitChargeHR™ significantly but negligibly overestimated total sleep time by 8min and sleep efficiency by 1.8%, and underestimated wake after sleep onset by 5.6min (p<0.05). Within FitbitChargeHR™ epochs of sleep, the average HR was 59.3±7.5bpm, which was significantly but negligibly lower than that calculated from ECG (60.2±7.6bpm, p<0.001), with no change in mean discrepancies throughout the night. FitbitChargeHR™ showed good agreement with PSG and ECG in measuring sleep and HR during sleep, supporting its use in assessing sleep and cardiac function in healthy adolescents. Further validation is needed to assess its reliability over prolonged periods of time in ecological settings and in clinical populations.

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  • Some studies have used the gold-standard reference method of electrocardiogram, which directly measures heart rate via electrical impulses from the heart and is used for clinical accuracy.

    “Although some studies have attempted to address wearable HR accuracy using the gold-standard reference method of ECG, which directly measures HR via electrical impulses from the heart and is used for clinical accuracy38–44”
  • On average, wearables slightly and negligibly underestimate absolute heart rate (−0.9 to −7.2 bpm) compared with gold-standard electrocardiogram.

    “Current research verifying wearables to the gold-standard ECG, which uses electrodes to directly measure cardiac muscular contractions from electrical activity of the heart, have shown that on average wearables slightly and negligibly underestimate (−0.9 to −7.2 bpm) absolute HR40,41,44,52”

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Authors
de Zambotti, M., Baker, F. C., Willoughby, A. R., Godino, J. G., Wing, D., Patrick, K., & Colrain, I. M.
Affiliations
  • SRI International (US)
  • University of California San Diego (US)
Corresponding author
Colrain, Ian M.
Venue
Physiology & Behavior
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-05
Volume
158
Pages
143-149
ISSN
0031-9384 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2295749803
Cited by
222
References
40
Citations by year
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FWCI
29.34
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Physiology & Behavior (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (U01AA021696, U24AA021695)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Circadian rhythm and melatonin
Keywords
wearable activity trackers, wristband, sleep monitoring, heart rate during sleep, adolescents, polysomnography validation, electrocardiogram, total sleep time, sleep efficiency, wake after sleep onset
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Electrocardiography, Female, Heart Rate, Humans, Male, Sleep, Time Factors, Wakefulness, Polysomnography, Young Adult, Actigraphy, Wireless Technology

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