BACKGROUND Sleep disorders are a major public health issue. Nearly one in two people will experience sleep disturbances during lifetime with a potential harmful impact on well-being, physical and mental health. The rise of connected objects is bringing new opportunities in sleep monitoring. OBJECTIVE To better understand the clinical value wearables-based sleep monitoring, we conducted a review of the literature, including feasibility studies and clinical trials on this topic. METHODS We searched PubMed, PsycINFO, ScienceDirect, the Cochrane Library, Scopus, and Web of Science up to June 2017. We created the list of keywords based on two domains: wearables and sleep. We used the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses to identify, select, and critically appraise relevant research while minimizing bias. RESULTS The initial research collected 255 articles. 18 articles meeting the inclusion criteria were included in the final analysis. Out of the selected articles, four categories appeared. Feasibility studies propose testing new connected tools during sleep, on small samples of subjects. Population comparison studies propose to evaluate the sleep of patients compared to that of healthy subjects. Several studies evaluated connected objects in comparison with polysomnography, a reference test in sleep assessment. Finally, an article evaluates the impact of sleep disorders in the clinic. CONCLUSIONS We conducted a broad analysis of studies on the clinical and technical aspects of the use of wearables for sleep monitoring. This review of the literature showed that wearables are acceptable and promising monitoring tools in a wide range of clinical applications for sleep monitoring.
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