Modeling Sleep Quality Depending on Objective Actigraphic Indicators Based on Machine Learning Methods

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Aug 11;19(16):9890. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19169890.

Abstract

According to data from the World Health Organization and medical research centers, the frequency and severity of various sleep disorders, including insomnia, are increasing steadily. This dynamic is associated with increased daily stress, anxiety, and depressive disorders. Poor sleep quality affects people's productivity and activity and their perception of quality of life in general. Therefore, predicting and classifying sleep quality is vital to improving the quality and duration of human life. This study offers a model for assessing sleep quality based on the indications of an actigraph, which was used by 22 participants in the experiment for 24 h. Objective indicators of the actigraph include the amount of time spent in bed, sleep duration, number of awakenings, and duration of awakenings. The resulting classification model was evaluated using several machine learning methods and showed a satisfactory accuracy of approximately 80-86%. The results of this study can be used to treat sleep disorders, develop and design new systems to assess and track sleep quality, and improve existing electronic devices and sensors.

Keywords: actigraphy; k-nearest neighbors; machine learning; naïve Bayes; sleep quality; support vector machine.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Actigraphy / methods
  • Humans
  • Machine Learning
  • Quality of Life
  • Sleep
  • Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders*
  • Sleep Quality
  • Sleep Wake Disorders* / epidemiology

Grants and funding

This work was supported by Research Assistance Program (2020) in the Incheon National University.