None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
This prospective pilot study aims to evaluate the sleep staging and sleep apnoea detection capability of the Somfit device in children. Twenty children will undergo simultaneous in-hospital polysomnography and Somfit overnight sleep assessment. Children less than four years of age will be excluded. Additionally, patient/parent feedback will be sought. This is a single centre study.
Interventions
Application of Somfit wireless forehead sleep monitoring device by trained paediatric sleep scientists during in-hospital polysomnography being conducted over a single night (minimun 6 hours, maximum 14 hours) as part of usual care. Somfit is a wearable device for collecting patients’ physiological data, that includes a single-use adhesive-gel electrode placed on the forehead, and the Somfit device, which is pressed onto the electrode.
Sponsors
Queensland Children’s Hospital
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Intervention model
Single group
Primary purpose
Diagnosis
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
4 Years to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Undergoing in-hospital polysomnography as part of routine care
Exclusion criteria
• Treatment (including continuous positive airway pressure, mechanical ventilation, or supplemental oxygen) is commenced during The polysomnography study
Outcome results
None listed