Sleep Trackers

Measuring sleep used to be the domain of the sleep laboratory, but new technologies allow sleep to be measured at home. How well do new devices work? What about consumer devices such as FitBit compared to actigraphy that has been used by sleep researchers for years? Should you be measuring your sleep? Does it help to improve sleep? With the help of James Slater from Sleep and Performance Analytics we discuss sleep measurement and the use of sleep trackers. Dr Moira Junge (Health Psychologist) and Dr David Cunnington (Sleep Physician) host the monthly podcast, Sleep Talk, talking all things sleep. Leave a review and subscribe via iTunes Audio Timeline: 00:00 - 01:45 Introduction 01:45 - 05:16 What's news in sleep? 01:45 - 02:45 Sleep technology 02:45 - 03:38 Sleeping in the heat 03:38 - 05:03 Research on parasomnias and sleep paralysis 05:03 - 34:17 Theme - Sleep Trackers. Discussion with James Slater 05:03 - 24:30 Discussion on sleep trackers and sleep measurement 24:30 - 30:12 What are the psychological aspects of measuring sleep? 30:12 - 31:35 The future of sleep trackers 31:35 - 33:20 Clinical actigraphy service 33:20 - 33:50 More information on sleep trackers 33:50- 35:27 Clinical tip of the month - Self-monitoring and self-awareness is only part of behaviour change 35:27 - 37:58 Pick of the month: 35:27 - 36:28 David - Sleepingtime.org 36:28 - 38:58 Moira - Clean sleeping: A trend for 2017? 38:58 - 40:46 James - Time use and productivity 40:46 - 41:32 Sign off Next episode: March 6th 2017 Links mentioned in the podcast: Good Sleep: It's not about the night - SleepHub Sleep technology at CES - radio interview on 774AM Sleeping in the heat - SleepHub Sleeping in the heat - SBS online Research study on sleep walking and sleep eating - Monash University study Clinical actigraphy service - Sleep and Performance Analytics What sleep trackers are available? - SleepHub Using a sleep tracker - Sleephub audio interview Insights on sleep from using a sleep tracker - A Current Affair TV story Guidelines for the use of actigraphy - Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine Sleepingtime.org - check people's sleeping hours based on their Twitter posts The life changing magic of tidying up - Book by Marie Kondo Clean sleeping: A trend for 2017? - The New Daily Prof Leon Lack - Flinders University Time use and productivity: The wage returns to sleep - Article by Matthew Gibson & Jeffery Shrader Sleep and daylight savings - Jawbone blog