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¹Netherlands eScience Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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Random forests accurately detect sleep-wake states using wrist-worn accelerometers, offering a low-cost tool for sleep research. Machine learning models also identify when the device is not worn, improving sleep estimation.

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Area of Science:

Biomedical Engineering
Sleep Science
Machine Learning

Background:

Accurate and affordable sleep measurement is crucial for clinical and epidemiological research.
Wearable accelerometers offer a low-cost solution for estimating movement and sleep patterns.
Current sleep classification from accelerometer data often relies on heuristic algorithms.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the efficacy of Random Forests for detecting sleep-wake states using accelerometer data.
To develop machine learning models for identifying device wear status and estimating sleep.
To provide open-source Random Forest models for advancing sleep research.

Main Methods:

Trained Random Forest models on accelerometer data from 134 adult participants during polysomnography.
Validated models on a separate test set of 24 participants to distinguish sleep-wake states.
Developed machine learning models to detect accelerometer non-wear periods.

Main Results:

Random Forests achieved an F1 score of 73.93% in distinguishing sleep-wake states on an unseen test set.
Machine learning successfully detected accelerometer non-wear periods.
Combined models correlated with self-reported habitual nap behavior.

Conclusions:

Random Forests demonstrate potential for accurate, low-cost sleep-wake detection using accelerometers.
Machine learning enhances sleep estimation by accounting for device wear.
Sleep stage classification remains challenging with accelerometer data alone.