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  • Sleep Medicine
  • Signal Processing

Background:

  • The gold standard for sleep/wakefulness detection, electroencephalogram (EEG), is inconvenient for portable devices.
  • Accurate sleep time estimation is crucial for calculating sleep parameters like the apnea/hypopnea index (AHI).
  • Previous studies have used tracheal sounds and movements for sleep screening but often neglect sleep time estimation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the detection of sleep/wakefulness states using tracheal sounds and movements.
  • To estimate sleep parameters using tracheal sounds and movements for improved sleep apnea monitoring.
  • To assess the feasibility of developing convenient and cost-effective portable sleep apnea monitoring devices.

Main Methods:

  • Participants with suspected sleep apnea underwent simultaneous polysomnography and recording of tracheal sounds/movements via a wearable device (the Patch).
  • An automatic classification algorithm scored 30-second epochs of tracheal data as sleep or wakefulness.
  • Algorithm performance was validated against polysomnography-based sleep/wakefulness scoring.

Main Results:

  • The algorithm achieved 82.3±8.66% accuracy for sleep/wakefulness detection.
  • Sensitivity for sleep was 87.8±10.8%, specificity for awake was 71.4±18.5%, with an F1 score of 88.1±9.3%.
  • Correlations between estimated and polysomnography-based total sleep time and sleep efficiency were strong (0.78 and 0.70, respectively, both p<0.001).

Conclusions:

  • Tracheal sounds and movements are effective for detecting sleep/wakefulness periods.
  • Respiratory sound analysis, combined with previous findings, supports the development of robust portable devices for sleep apnea monitoring.
  • This approach offers a convenient and cost-effective alternative for sleep apnea assessment.