Micro mini rc

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The Micro-mini RC is a compact and lightweight wearable device designed for ambulatory monitoring. It is capable of recording physiological data during daily activities. The device features a small form factor and can be easily attached to the user's body.

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Actigraphy-Based Sleep Monitoring Protocol

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Actigraphy (Micro‐mini RC, Ambulatory Monitoring, Inc., Ardsley, NY, USA) was used to obtain objective sleep parameters. The participants were instructed to wear an actigraph, on the non‐dominant wrist, continuously over a period of 5–7 consecutive days and nights, both at baseline and at the end of weight loss phase. It was set for 1‐min epochs, in zero‐crossing mode. The data retrieved from the actigraphy were downloaded to a personal computer using the automatic actigraphy interface unit and were analysed and scored using Action W‐2 version 2.4.20 software (Ambulatory Monitoring, Inc., Ardsley, NY, USA) to calculate the sleep parameters. We used two parameters of the data obtained: sleep minutes (total minutes scored as sleep) and sleep efficiency (100 × sleep minutes/duration from the first 20‐min block of sleep to the last 20‐min block). All actigraphy‐based measurements were averaged over the total number of nights.
Sleep apnoea was evaluated with a subscale of the Japanese version of the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) 37, a self‐reported questionnaire that assesses sleep quality and disturbances over the preceding month 38. Question 10b from the apnoea subscale was used for statistical analysis.

Sawamoto R., Nozaki T., Furukawa T., Tanahashi T., Morita C., Hata T., Nakashima M., Komaki G, & Sudo N. (2016). A change in objective sleep duration is associated with a change in the serum adiponectin level of women with overweight or obesity undergoing weight loss intervention. Obesity Science & Practice, 2(2), 180-188.

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Actigraphy for Pediatric Sleep Measurement

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For activity and sleep measurement we used actigraphy, as previously described^{17 (link)}. Actigraphy employs a miniature wristwatch-like accelerometer which is attached to the wrist, ankle or waist and continuously records movement for an extended period. The actigraphy device used in the present study was the Actigraph (Micro-mini RC, Ambulatory Monitoring Inc., NY, USA). The parents were asked to attach an Actigraph to their child’s waist with an adjustable elastic belt for 7 consecutive days. Waist attachment was chosen as we found it less disturbing than wrist or ankle attachment. Previous studies have also demonstrated that a minimum of 7 nights was necessary to obtain reliable data^{36 (link)}. The actigraphs were removed from the toddlers only for bathing—the average time of which was 29.7 ± 14.2 min.
Motility levels were sampled in the zero-crossing mode in 1-min epochs. The resolution of the Actigraphs was set at 0.01 G/s. The activity data recorded by the Actigraphs was later downloaded using ActMe software (ver. 3.10.0.3, Ambulatory Monitoring Inc.), and then sleep measurements were analyzed with Sadeh’s algorithm^{37 (link),38 (link)}, using Action-W software (ver. 2.4.20, Ambulatory Monitoring Inc.).

Nakagawa M., Ohta H., Shimabukuro R., Asaka Y., Nakazawa T., Oishi Y., Hirata M., Ando A., Ikeda T., Yoshimura Y., Mitani Y., Kaneshi Y., Morioka K., Fukutomi R., Kobayashi K., Ozawa M., Takeshima M., Mishima K., Kikuchi M., Cho K., Yoda H, & Kusakawa I. (2021). Daytime nap and nighttime breastfeeding are associated with toddlers’ nighttime sleep. Scientific Reports, 11, 3028.

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Postpartum Sleep Patterns Using Actigraphy

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Each participant was asked to wear a wrist actigraph (MicroMini RC, Ambulatory
Monitoring, Inc., Ardsley, NY, USA) on the non-dominant wrist starting from the first to
fifth days postpartum to obtain objective measurements of sleep-wake activity, except
while taking a shower and bathing the baby. Data were collected in one-minute epochs in
the zero-crossing mode. AW2 software (Ambulatory Monitoring, Inc., USA) was used to
calculate three sleep measures by using the algorithm of Cole et al.:
cumulative length of sleep episodes (“total sleep time”), the longest sleep episode, and
the number of sleep episodes lasting for twenty minutes or more (“sleep frequency”).
Every participant was awake and wore a wrist actigraph at 18:00. Therefore, actigraphy
data for three consecutive days starting at 18:00 on the first day postpartum were
extracted for analysis, whereas data recorded while the actigraph was removed for
showering and bathing the baby were excluded. The concordance between wrist actigraphy and
polysomnography has been proven^{14 (link)}⁾.

Kawashima A., Detsuka N, & Yano R. (2022). Sleep deprivation and fatigue in early postpartum and their association with postpartum depression in primiparas intending to establish breastfeeding. Journal of Rural Medicine : JRM, 17(1), 40-49.

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Actigraphy for Activity and Sleep Measurement

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For activity and sleep measurement we used actigraphy. Actigraphy is based on a miniature wristwatch-like accelerometer which is attached to the wrist, ankle or waist and continuously records movement for an extended period. The actigraphy device used in the present study was the Actigraph (Micro-mini RC, Ambulatory Monitoring Inc., NY, USA). The parents were asked to attach the Actigraphs to their child’s waist with an adjustable elastic belt for 7 consecutive days. Waist attachment was chosen as we found it less disturbing than wrist or ankle attachment and actigraphic data has been reported to be reliable at various attachment locations, including the wrist, ankles, and waist. Previous studies have also demonstrated that a minimum of 7 nights was necessary to obtain reliable data15 (link).
Motility levels were sampled in the zero-crossing mode in 1-min epochs. The resolution of the Actigraph was set at 0.01 G/s. The activity data recorded by the Actigraph was later downloaded using ActMe software (ver. 3.10.0.3,Ambulatory Monitoring Inc.), and then sleep measurements were analyzed using Action-W software (ver. 2.4.20, Ambulatory Monitoring Inc.). During the study, time intervals when the device was removed, for example, during bathing, were recorded in a sleep diary by parents.

Nakagawa M., Ohta H., Nagaoki Y., Shimabukuro R., Asaka Y., Takahashi N., Nakazawa T., Kaneshi Y., Morioka K., Oishi Y., Azami Y., Ikeuchi M., Takahashi M., Hirata M., Ozawa M., Cho K., Kusakawa I, & Yoda H. (2016). Daytime nap controls toddlers’ nighttime sleep. Scientific Reports, 6, 27246.

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Actigraphy and Sleep Diary Assessment

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For activity and sleep assessment we used actigraphy and sleep diaries, as previously described^{1 (link)}. Briefly, the parents were instructed to attach Actigraphs (Micro-mini RC, Ambulatory Monitoring Inc., NY, USA) to their child’s waist with an adjustable elastic belt for 7 consecutive days^{1 (link)}. The activity data recorded by the Actigraph were later downloaded using ActMe software (ver. 3.10.0.3, Ambulatory Monitoring Inc., NY, USA), and then sleep measurements were analyzed using Action-W software (ver. 2.4.20, Ambulatory Monitoring Inc., NY, USA). Time intervals during the study when the Actigraph was removed, for example, during bathing, were recorded by parents in a sleep diary^{1 (link)}. The sleep diary was composed of seven 24-h single-sheet schedules, on which parents were asked to record details such as time of nap, going in/out of bed, bathing and night wakings of which they were aware. Sleep diary data were used to define the scoring interval for actigraphic sleep measurement, according to the procedure outlined by Acebo and colleagues^{4 (link)}.

Ando A., Ohta H., Yoshimura Y., Nakagawa M., Asaka Y., Nakazawa T., Mitani Y., Oishi Y., Mizushima M., Adachi H., Kaneshi Y., Morioka K., Shimabukuro R., Hirata M., Ikeda T., Fukutomi R., Kobayashi K., Ozawa M., Takeshima M., Manabe A., Takahashi T., Mishima K., Kusakawa I., Yoda H., Kikuchi M, & Cho K. (2021). Sleep maturation influences cognitive development of preterm toddlers. Scientific Reports, 11, 15921.

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Actigraphy for Objective Sleep-Wake Monitoring

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For wake and sleep measurement, we used Actigraphy. Actigraphy is an objective, non-intrusive method for estimating sleep-wake patterns using activity-based monitoring^{16 (link)}. The Actigraphy device used in the present study was the Actigraph (Micro-mini RC, Ambulatory Monitoring Inc., NY, USA). We attached the Actigraphs to their child’s waist with an adjustable elastic belt for 24 hours. Waist attachment was chosen as we found it less disturbing than wrist or ankle attachment. Motility levels were sampled in the zero-crossing mode in 1-min epochs. The resolution of the Actigraph was set at 0.01 G/s. The activity data recorded by the Actigraph was later downloaded using ACTme software (ver. 3.10.0.3, Ambulatory Monitoring Inc.), and then sleep measures were analyzed using Action-W software (ver. 2.4.20, Ambulatory Monitoring Inc.). During the study, time intervals when the device was removed, for example, during bathing, were recorded in a sleep diary by nurse.

Oishi Y., Ohta H., Hirose T., Nakaya S., Tsuchiya K., Nakagawa M., Kusakawa I., Sato T., Obonai T., Nishida H, & Yoda H. (2018). Combined effects of body position and sleep status on the cardiorespiratory stability of near-term infants. Scientific Reports, 8, 8845.

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