A Comprehensive Review of Sleep Quality Analytics Derived by Using Wearable Data to Correlate Mattress Material Density with Rapid Eye Movement (REM) Duration
Om Venkatesh Sharma
Delhi Public School, Vasant Kunj
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http://doi.org/10.37648/ijiest.v11i01.009
Abstract
Sleep quality plays a vital role in physical, emotional, and cognitive health, with REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep being a particularly critical phase associated with memory consolidation, learning, and emotional regulation. While multiple factors influence sleep architecture, the effect of mattress material—especially its density—has not been deeply explored in terms of its impact on specific sleep stages like REM. With the advent of wearable sleep tracking devices, it has become feasible to collect granular, stage-specific sleep data over extended periods in natural sleeping environments.
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