10th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

Research Article

Personal ICT Ecosystem to Promote Habits that Improve Sleep Quality

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.16-5-2016.2263759,
        author={Arturo Jesus Laflor Hernandez and Mabel Vazquez Brise\`{o}o},
        title={Personal ICT Ecosystem to Promote Habits that Improve Sleep Quality},
        proceedings={10th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare},
        publisher={ACM},
        proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH},
        year={2016},
        month={6},
        keywords={machine learning algorithms persuasive systems personal ecosystem sleep hygiene},
        doi={10.4108/eai.16-5-2016.2263759}
    }
    
  • Arturo Jesus Laflor Hernandez
    Mabel Vazquez Briseño
    Year: 2016
    Personal ICT Ecosystem to Promote Habits that Improve Sleep Quality
    PERVASIVEHEALTH
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.16-5-2016.2263759
Arturo Jesus Laflor Hernandez1,*, Mabel Vazquez Briseño1
  • 1: Universidad Autonoma de Baja California
*Contact email: arturo.laflor@uabc.edu.mx

Abstract

Poor sleep quality can cause diverse deficiencies in mental and physical health. Several information and communication technologies (ICT) systems have been developed to improve sleep quality, most of which monitor patterns in sleep epochs to determine the quality of sleep. We propose a personal ICT ecosystem (PICTE) to address the same problem through a different approach. Our work considers the integration of technology (hardware and software) to obtain data related to sleep hygiene habits. The PICTE processes these data through an inference model based on a machine learning algorithm. Besides, a persuasive system sends advice/reward messages to users, to persuade them to change their habits to improve sleep quality.