Toward Realization of Sleep Checkups: Current Status of Children Sleep Checkup

Japanese people are known to have one of the shortest sleep durations globally, with low satisfaction levels regarding sleep quality. This suggests underlying sleep-related issues and the need for effective solutions. The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has released the 2023 edition of "Sleep Guidelines for Health Promotion" to disseminate knowledge and improve sleep quality. Dr. Buysse from the University of Pittsburgh proposed the concept of Sleep Health, evaluating sleep through multiple dimensions such as satisfaction, daytime alertness, timing (e.g., wake-up time and time to bed), sleep efficiency, and duration, garnering significant attention. The ERATO Ueda Biological Timing Project introduced the concept of "sleep check-ups," using sleep as a health assessment metric to promote well-being. Our team has developed the ACCEL algorithm for sleep-wake classification using wearable devices and reported examples of sleep-wake clustering using large-scale dataset (~ people are known to have one of the shortest sleep durations globally, with low satisfaction levels regarding sleep quality. This suggests underlying sleep-related issues and the need for effective solutions. The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has released the 2023 edition of "Sleep Guidelines for Health Promotion" to disseminate knowledge and improve sleep quality. Dr. Buysse from the University of Pittsburgh proposed the concept of Sleep Health, evaluating sleep through multiple dimensions such as satisfaction, daytime alertness, timing (e.g., wake-up time and time to bed), sleep efficiency, and duration, garnering significant attention. The ERATO Ueda Biological Timing Project introduced the concept of "sleep check-ups," using sleep as a health assessment metric to promote well-being. Our team has developed the ACCEL algorithm for sleep-wake classification using wearable devices and reported examples of sleep-wake clustering using large-scale dataset (～100,000 participants). Since 2022, the "Children’s Sleep Check-up" project has aimed to assess the sleep patterns of Japanese children. Looking ahead, the project envisions institutionalizing sleep check-ups as a foundation for a health maintenance system based on sleep monitoring.