Show Notes
Wearables and Fitness Trackers have become really popular in recent years. As well as all fitness related data, these now capture a sleep data also. We regularly get asked if these are a suitable tool for measuring your sleep apnoea events. This episode considers the use of Wearables and Fitness Trackers for Sleep Measurement.
It should be noted from the outset that wearables and fitness trackers are not medical devices. Some of these do measure sleep in an overall context. This should not be confused however with the measurement of sleep apnoea events. This is where your CPAP device comes in. The two measurements are not the same. When considering sleep apnoea, you should always refer to your CPAP device for this measurement and result. Wearables and fitness trackers are really useful and of course can be used in parallel with your CPAP device, but never rely on these for pure CPAP data. You will only get this information from your CPAP device. This is the score that is shown on your myPatientSpace app.
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