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The Future of Sleep Measurements: A Review and Perspective
Erna Sif Arnardottir1, Anna Sigridur Islind2, María Óskarsdóttir2
1Reykjavik University Sleep Institute, School of Technology, Reykjavik University, Menntavegi 1, 102 Reykjavik, Iceland; Internal Medicine Services, Landspitali University Hospital, E7 Fossvogi, 108 Reykjavik, Iceland.
Abstract:
This article provides an overview of the current use, limitations, and future directions of the variety of subjective and objective sleep assessments available. This article argues for various ways and sources of collecting, combining, and using data to enlighten clinical practice and the sleep research of the future. It highlights the prospects of digital management platforms to store and present the data, and the importance of codesign when developing such platforms and other new instruments. It also discusses the abundance of opportunities that data science and machine learning open for the analysis of data.
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