Wearable devices could reduce the risk of injury in parasomnias phenotypes

6^th European Conference on Public Health, Well-being and Healthcare Management

August 11-12, 2023 | Webinar

Vivian M. Correa

Medical Sciences Doctoral School, Semmelweis University, Hungary

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: Int J Pub Health Safe

Abstract :

Hypothesis: There are typical patterns - phenotypes - of sleep behaviors by age, and biological sex groups of parasomnia patients where wearable devices could avoid injuries. Materials and methods: We analyzed public video records on sleep-related behaviors likely representing parasomnias, looking for phenotypes in different groups. We searched public internet databases using the keywords “sleepwalking”, “sleep eating” “sleep sex”, and “aggression in sleep” in six languages. Poor-quality vide-records and those showing apparently faked sleep behaviors were excluded. We classified the videos into estimated sex and age (children, adults, elderly) groups; scored the activity types by a self-made scoring scale; and applied binary logistic regression for analyzing the association between sleep behaviors versus the groups by STATA package providing 95% confidence interval and the probability of statistical significance. Results: 224 videos (102 women) were analyzed. The odds of sleepwalking and related dangerous behaviors were lower in the elderly than in adults (P<0.025). Females performed complex risky behaviors during sleepwalking more often than males (P<0.012). Elderly people presented emotional behaviors less frequently than adults (P<0.004), and females showed them twice often as males. Elderly males had 40-fold odds compared to adults and children, to perform aggressive movements, and 70-fold odds of complex movements in the bed, compared to adults. Conclusion: Unlike other groups, the high chances of adults being sleepwalkers and elderly males performing intense and violent movements in bed showed us the importance of developing wearable parasomnia devices to prevent injuries

Biography :

Vivian Miranda Correa is a PhD student in the Semmelweis University, SOTE • Institute of Behavioural Sciences in Budapest Hungary. She is expertised in the Mental Health, Obesity, Endocrinology, Sleep Medicine and Digital Health. She has Published many articles on the respective fields in amny reputed journals.