Sleep apps and the quantified self: blessing or curse?

by | Mar 3, 2015 | Research Publications

Author(s):

  • Van den Bulck, Jan

Abstract:

This editorial discusses about sleep apps. A vibrating alarm from the SONY SWR10 SmartbandTM wakes up the wearer not at a prearranged hour, but at the point near that hour when, according to the device’s measurements, the wearer is in a state of light rather than deep sleep. This, the manual claims, helps the wearer awaken refreshed rather than sleepy. The steady rise in self-monitoring devices and software for self-analysis of sleep may benefit many people. It will be important to study the extent to which such monitoring devices are adopted by the general public, and whether this leads to positive and/or negative outcomes. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2015 APA, all rights reserved)

Document:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jsr.12270

References:
  1. Bartlett, S. J., Barnes, T. and McIvor, R. A. Integrating patients into meaningful real‐world research. Ann. Am. Thorac. Soc., 2014, (Suppl. 2): S112– S117. Crossref PubMed Google Scholar
  2. Behar, J., Roebuck, A. S., Domingo, J. S., Gederi, E. and Clifford, G. D. A review of current sleep screening applications for smartphones. Physiol. Meas., 2013, 34: R29– R46. Crossref PubMed Web of Science®Google Scholar
  3. Dolan, B. Exclusive: sleep coach company Zeo is shutting down. Mobihealthnews, 2013. http://mobihealthnews.com/20772/. Retrieved 5/11/2014 at 14:48 hours. Google Scholar
  4. Fox, S. and Duggan, M. Tracking for Health. Pew Research Center, Washington,DC, 2013. Google Scholar
  5. Gusmer, R. J., Bosch, T. A., Watkins, A. N., Ostrem, J. D. and Dengel, D. R. Assessment of physical activity in young adults during treadmill walking. Open Sports Med. J., 2014, 8: 11– 15. Crossref Google Scholar
  6. Hansen, M. M. Self‐tracking, social media and personal health records for patient empowered self‐care. Nurs. Health, 2012, http://repository.usfca.edu/nursing_fac/17. Google Scholar
  7. Mandel, E. How the Napa Earthquake affected Bay Area Sleepers, 2014. https://jawbone.com/blog/napa-earthquake-effect-on-sleep/. Retrieved 26/08/2014 at 15:17 hours. Google Scholar
  8. Montgomery‐Downs, H. E., Insana, S. P. and Bond, J. A. Movement toward a novel activity monitoring device. Sleep Breath., 2012, 16: 913– 917. Crossref PubMed Web of Science®Google Scholar
  9. Research2guidance. mHealth App Developer Economics 2014, The State of the Art of mHealth App Publishing. Research2guidance, Berlin, 2014. Google Scholar
  10. Shull, P. B., Jirattigalachote, W., Hunt, M. A., Cutkosky, M. R. and Delp, S. L. Quantified self and human movement: a review on the clinical impact of wearable sensing and feedback for gait analysis and intervention. Gait Posture., 2014, 40: 11– 19. Crossref PubMed Web of Science®Google Scholar
  11. Stippig, A., Hübers, U. and Emerich, M. Apps in sleep medicine. Sleep Breath., 2014, 1– 7 e‐pub 3 June 2014. Google Scholar
  12. Topol, E. The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care. Basic Books, New York, NY, 2012. Google Scholar
  13. Vandereycken, W. Media hype, diagnostic fad or genuine disorder? Professionals’ opinions about night eating syndrome, orthorexia, muscle dysmorphia and emetophobia. Eat. Disord., 2011, 19: 146– 155. Crossref Google Scholar
  14. Varga, M., Thege, B. K., Dukay‐Szabó, S., Túry, F. and van Furth, E. F. When eating healthy is not healthy: orthorexia nervosa and its measurement with the ORTO‐15 in Hungary. BMC Psychiatry, 2014, 14: 59. Crossref PubMed Web of Science®Google Scholar
  15. Zickuhr, K. Tablet Ownership 2013. Pew Research Centre, Washington, DC, 2013. Downloaded from http://www.pewinternet.org/2013/06/10/tablet-ownership-2013/ Google Scholar