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Sleep stage dynamics offer a novel, non-invasive method for detecting Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). This approach uses lightweight features from sleep patterns, showing promise for early diagnosis and integration into wearable devices.

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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Gerontology

Background:

  • Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) is a precursor to dementia, often diagnosed via cognitive tests.
  • Current EEG methods are complex; wearable sensors lack specificity.
  • Altered sleep architecture is linked to MCI, but sleep stage dynamics are underutilized for classification.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a lightweight, interpretable framework for MCI detection using sleep stage dynamics.
  • To evaluate the efficacy of novel hypnogram-derived features for classifying MCI.
  • To explore the potential of sleep dynamics as biomarkers for early MCI detection.

Main Methods:

  • A novel feature extraction method based on hypnogram-derived sleep stage dynamics was developed.
  • Five classifiers (Logistic Regression, Random Forest, XGBoost, Linear SVM, RBF SVM) were tested.
  • Leave-one-subject-out cross-validation and threshold optimization were employed on the MASS SS1 dataset.

Main Results:

  • The RBF SVM classifier achieved the highest performance (accuracy: 77.4%, balanced accuracy: 78.7%, ROC AUC: 0.778).
  • Random Forest and XGBoost also showed promising results.
  • The study identified sleep stage dynamics as effective biomarkers for MCI detection.

Conclusions:

  • Sleep stage dynamics provide effective, non-invasive, and interpretable biomarkers for early MCI detection.
  • The proposed framework is lightweight and suitable for integration into wearable sleep monitoring systems.
  • This approach offers a promising alternative for MCI screening and diagnosis.