Session Schedule

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0:00:00
Rationale and scope of recommendations
Michael Chee (Singapore)

0:13:56
Using wearable sleep data from healthy persons
Kelly Baron (United States)

0:27:50
Using sleep trackers in persons with sleep disorders or medical conditions
Cathy Goldstein (United States)

0:49:07
Reading a performance evaluation and selecting an appropriate device
Mathias Baumert (Australia)

1:04:00
Ingesting sleep data into clinical records
Thomas Penzel (Germany)

1:21:35
Question and answer

Summary

Consumer wearable health trackers are now widely used to monitor and improve sleep. However, their growth in popularity has elicited mixed opinions within the professional sleep community regarding their utility and application. In response, an internationally represented task force was convened to develop recommendations for effectively utilizing the data provided by these devices

The symposium will begin by stating the rationale and scope of the recommendations. It will then provide guidance on how selected 'essential / core' sleep measures should be utilized to advance personal and community sleep health while balancing information overload and unwarranted concern about specific metrics. Relatedly, we will advocate for uniform implementation of core standardized measures across manufacturers, distinguishing these from proprietary exploratory measures that may have future applications.

Advice for device usage will include practical tips for interpreting data from healthy individuals, including limitations of current wearable-derived inferences. Guidance will also address how wearable can be used to support individuals at risk of, or who have sleep disorders and other medical conditions.

The session will highlight the importance of selecting devices based on specific use cases, and offer advice on how performance evaluations can inform purchasing decisions. Additionally, it will emphasize the need for ongoing collaboration with manufacturers to enhance the utility of integrating / simplifying multiple measures, such as the design and application of summary measures such as “readiness scores.”

The symposium will also discuss the challenges of integrating heterogeneous data from different manufacturers into clinically usable health records and explore issues related medical device certification for specific features offered by wearables.

By addressing these topics, the panel aims to bridge the gap between consumer technology and clinical utility, maximizing the potential of wearable health trackers to enhance personal and community sleep health.