日常睡眠和体力活动的生理学:对婴幼儿的多传感器可穿戴设备进行探索性混合方法研究
Emily Hunter1,2, Niina Kolehmainen3,4, Kianoush Nazarpour5
1Newcastle University Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK. emily.hunter@newcastle.ac.uk.
Behavior research methods
|March 6, 2026
概括
可穿戴式传感器对跟踪幼儿的睡眠和体育活动充满希望. 然而,为了在健康监测中有效大规模使用,必须解决舒适性和数据丢失等设计挑战.
科学领域:
- 儿科卫生技术技术 儿科卫生技术
- 儿童早期的行为科学
- 为儿童提供生物医学工程.
背景情况:
- 睡眠和体育活动对于儿童的发展和福祉至关重要.
- 需要客观的量化工具来促进这些行为在人口层面.
- 现有的可穿戴技术在儿科应用中面临挑战.
研究的目的:
- 探索两种可穿戴传感器测量幼儿 (4-36个月) 身体活动和睡眠的可用性.
- 为了确定设计挑战和促进在这个年龄段的可穿戴设备的纵向家庭使用的方便者.
- 为未来共同创建儿童友好的健康监测技术提供信息.
主要方法:
- 混合方法研究使用纵向的案例内设计.
- 在英格兰东北部招募有幼儿家庭.
- 在一周内测试了两个可穿戴设备 (Bittium Faros 180,NAPPA),结合了结构化的游戏和家庭使用.
- 收集睡眠,运动和心率的数据,通过观察和家长反来评估可用性.
主要成果:
- 七个孩子完成了这项研究,最初的家长热情被可用性问题所抑制.
- 心率计提出了舒适性和尺寸的挑战,导致电极脱离和数据丢失.
- NAPPA系统更易于使用,但可能会扰乱睡眠;非家长照顾也会导致数据丢失.
- 显著的设计挑战阻碍了当前适用于幼儿的可穿戴设备的可扩展,纵向家庭使用.
结论:
- 可穿戴设备有潜力监测幼儿的健康行为,但需要显著的设计改进.
- 涉及儿童,家长和设计师的共同创作对于开发实用,儿童友好的硬件和软件至关重要.
- 解决可用性,舒适性和数据完整性对于成功大规模实施儿科健康监测技术至关重要.
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