Type: Validation study
Registration: PMCID: PMC8226553
Status: Published
Tags: Sleep tracking, Wearables
External URL: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8226553/
Compared commercial wearable sleep staging and detection against PSG and actigraphy; explored utility for sleep tracking.
A validation study how timing of light, sleep, meals, and schedules shows sleep & alertness for night‑shift workers and night owls. Overall, the data make the schedule itself visible in physiology, not just in how people feel subjectively. For the audience living on night schedules, the key meaning is that the schedule’s timing choices show up in measurable outcomes.
Open access.