New Smartwatch App can now spot how many times you roll as you sleep, reports a new study. Researchers from Lancaster University in the UK and Northwest University in China have developed an app for Smartwatches that can efficiently estimate sleep quality and provides users with practical advice to help them get a better night's snooze.
‘New Smartwatch App called SleepGuard can now easily spot how many times you roll as you sleep.’
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Results showed that "SleepGuard" can estimate sleep quality at a similar accuracy to consumer-grade sleep monitors. Read More..
SleepGuard can also count the number of times the wearer rolls over during sleep -- another indicator of sleep quality with excessive rollovers potentially indicating disturbed sleep.
The app is also able to capture key information about the factors behind sleep quality and can help wearers identify the root causes of their poor sleep.
"Sleep quality has been shown to depend on a wide range of factors, such as ambient light, noisiness as well as breathing patterns, sleeping postures and bedtime routines," said Dr Zheng Wang, Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University and co-author of the research.
"SleepGuard" was tested on 15 participants. It tracks a combination of different non-biomedical factors -- including body movements, sounds related to sleep disorders and ambient lighting.
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The team hopes the technology can help users to have a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of their sleep and enable them to take informed actions to improve the quality of their sleep and, as a result, their health.
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