[FRIAM] Sleep trackers
Gillian Densmore
gil.densmore at gmail.com
Wed Mar 20 13:49:14 EDT 2024
Pokemon sleep is one
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.pokemon.pokemonsleep&hl=en_US&gl=US&pli=1>
Maybe this'll help sleep. It does for me.
<https://www.pastemagazine.com/tech/apps/10-great-apps-to-help-gamify-your-workout>
maybe this to <https://www.sleepcycle.com/>
See if any of these help
On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 11:39 AM Roger Critchlow <rec at elf.org> wrote:
> I wore the cheapest fitness tracker I could find on Amazon, an Amazfit,
> for a while. It believed it could distinguish all the phases of my sleep
> and give me a colorful chart of my night every morning. The charts
> appeared reasonable but there was never anything I could do about it, the
> tracker's only consistent advice was to try to go to bed at a regular and
> reasonable time. I got tired of wearing and caring for the band so it's in
> a drawer now somewhere.
>
> My greatest disappointment with the band, however, turned out to be a
> mistake. I though the pulse readings it was giving me didn't make any
> sense, because they bounced around all over the place. But the actual
> problem was my atrial fibrillation. My pulse rate was bouncing around all
> over the place. Finally got that fixed last fall.
>
> -- rec --
>
> On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 8:47 AM Alexander Rasmus <alex.m.rasmus at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Nick,
>>
>> If you look around in google scholar you can find comparisons between
>> smart watches and medical devices for monitoring sleep stages, e.g.,
>> https://mhealth.jmir.org/2019/6/e13384?utm_campaign=JMIR_TrendMD_0&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=TrendMD
>>
>> In general, you should be fairly skeptical of specifics but trends may
>> still be useful. The only way to establish whether it's reliable in your
>> case is through detailed comparison between your own observations of sleep
>> behavior/outcomes and the watch. This is likely to be a useful exercise
>> regardless. I use one, and the sleep quality number is generally fairly
>> good.
>>
>> Jochen, I am sorry for your loss.
>>
>> Best,
>> Alex
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 9:12 PM Nicholas Thompson <
>> thompnickson2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Everybody I know sleeps badly. Has any of you had any lu from
>>> heartrate? ck with a sleeptracker. Did it teach you anything you did not
>>> already know? I borrowed a fit bit from my daughter and it tells me my
>>> sleep efficiency is lousy, and I don't bet much rem or deep sleep. Does it
>>> know what it is talking about. Can you get all of that.
>>>
>>> Any experience to share out there?
>>>
>>> Nick
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