Sleep Visualization through Indirect Biofeedback for Patients' Behavioral Changes and Sleep Quality

Abstract

This paper proposes a sleep visualization system through indirect biofeedback for patients' behavioral changes and improves sleep quality. In a super-aging society that has been developing in the world, efficient and high-quality cares for elderly people are needed. Especially in nursing care, a lot of patients have sleep problems due to reduced stamina and activity, and it eventually results in the increase of caregivers' strain and burden. For solving this problem, a sleep visualization system using indirect biofeedback is developed for patients aiming to behavioral changes and improving the sleep quality. To validate the proposed system, an experiment was conducted with five elderly persons. As a result, it is verified that some patients were interested in their sleep quality through the proposed system and the sleep score could be improved.