ArticleSleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Smartphone applications for sleep tracking: rating and perceptions about behavioral change among users.
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- The effect of the Yara smartphone application on anxiety, sleep quality, and suicidal thoughts in patients with major depressive disorder in Iran: a randomized controlled trial.BMC psychiatry · 2024Trial
- Sleep in the age of technology: the use of sleep apps and perceived impact on sleep and sleep habits.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Detailed assessment of night shift work aspects and potential mediators of its health effects: the contribution of field studies.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- The use and subjective experience of sleep apps and their relationship with personality characteristics among young adults.Frontiers in sleep · 2025Article
- Comparative Assessment of Multimodal Sensor Data Quality Collected Using Android and iOS Smartphones in Real-World Settings.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- A shot in the dark: the impact of online visibility on the search for an effective sleep app.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2024Review
- Mobile Technologies for Monitoring Sleep Time: A Systematic Search of App Stores in Brazil.Sleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2024Article
- Depression and associated risk factors among emergency medicine interns: Results from a national longitudinal cohort study.AEM education and training · 2024Article
- Improving the design of patient-generated health data visualizations: design considerations from a Fitbit sleep study.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2024Article
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Abstract
Introduction: This study aims to assess existing sleep apps for mobile phones to determine the perceived effect of these applications on user's attitudes, knowledge, willingness to change, and its likelihood to change behavior from a user's perspective. Material and Methods: A systematic search was conducted through Google play store and iTunes Apple store using terms related to sleep tracking. Apps were evaluated using Mobile Application Rating Scale (MARS) tool for assessing and classifying mobile health applications quality. Additionally, a convenience sample of subjects were asked to evaluate the included apps for perceived sleep behavior changes. Results: The average MARS app quality score on a 5-point scale was 3.3. Between 30-50% of participants believed that sleep tracker apps are likely to increase awareness about sleep patterns and sleep hygiene, infuence sleep hygiene habits, and are likely to encourage help seeking for sleep hygiene when required. Conclusion: Apps available for sleep self-management and tracking may be valuable tools for self-management of sleep disorder and/or improving sleep quality, yet they require improvement in terms of quality and content, highlighting the need for further validity studies.
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