Home Sleep Test - Resources for US Clinics

Thank you for choosing Belun Ring home sleep test. This page will give you the resource for running the test and interpreting the results.  Feel free to contact us by Email or WhatsApp if you have any questions.

• Staff Instructions – Follow these steps to prepare Belun Ring for the patients, upload data and download reports.
• Patient Instructions without App – The procedure your patient will go through during the test.
• Patient Instructions with App – If your patient will upload data before returning the device.

• Common errors and preventative measures
• 倍靈指環狀態指示燈

• 指環尺碼 – 為病人選擇一個最緊貼手指而不影響睡眠的尺碼，以確保數據質量足夠作分析和報告。
• 睡眠測試步驟 – 您的病人在測試期間將經歷的程序。

• Minimum 1 hour of sleep is required to generate a sleep report. 6-hour recording is recommended.
• 我們建議為懷疑患上阻塞性睡眠窒息症的人士安排3晚檢測。多晚檢測數據有助於減少因第一晚未適應引起的誤差，亦可以比較每晚的病況變化。

• 使用氧氣、呼吸機、膈肌起搏器或神經刺激器的患者
• 裝有起搏器、除顫器、左心室輔助裝置或心臟移植的患者
• 心房顫動患者

• 測試當天的下午和晚上應避免酒精和咖啡因。
• 白天不要小睡。
• 注意安眠藥的作用。某些類別的睡眠藥物會引起肌肉鬆弛和更多的呼吸異常事件。

• 如何解讀睡眠報告中的結果 (英文)
• 睡眠報告附錄

• bAHI3
• bAHI4
• bAHI3 + bAHI4

• Gu W, Leung L, Kwok KC, Wu IC, Folz RJ, Chiang AA. Belun Ring Platform: a novel home sleep apnea testing system for assessment of obstructive sleep apnea. J Clin Sleep Med. 2020;16(9):1611-1617.
• Yeh E, Wong E, Tsai CW, et al. Detection of obstructive sleep apnea using Belun Sleep Platform wearable with neural network-based algorithm and its combined use with STOP-Bang questionnaire. PLoS One. 2021;16(10):e0258040.
• Ou YH, Ong J, Thant AT, et al. The Belun sleep platform to diagnose obstructive sleep apnea in patients with hypertension and high cardiovascular risk. J Hypertens. 2023;41(6):1011-1017.
• Tsai CW, et al. Correlation of Pulse Rate Variability (PRV) and Heart Rate Variability (HRV) Metrics During Sleep in Subjects Suspected of OSA, Sleep, 2023;46(S1):A420-A421.
• Strumpf Z, Gu W, Tsai CW, et al. Belun Ring (Belun Sleep System BLS-100): Deep learning-facilitated wearable enables obstructive sleep apnea detection, apnea severity categorization, and sleep stage classification in patients suspected of obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep Health. 2023;S2352-7218(23)00090-6.

• 倍靈睡眠分析平台 — 醫療專業指南
• 睡眠窒息症風險因素及常見症狀 (英文)
• 倍靈指環介紹 (只提供英文版本)
• 常見問題
• 美國睡眠醫學會臨床指引 (英文)

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