Warfighter Performance Department, Operational Readiness and Health Directorate, Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA, USA; Military and Veterans Health Solutions, Leidos Inc., San Diego, CA, USA.
Warfighter Performance Department, Operational Readiness and Health Directorate, Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA, USA.
Appl Ergon. 2024 May;117:104225. doi: 10.1016/j.apergo.2024.104225. Epub 2024 Jan 14.
Development of fatigue management solutions is critical to U.S. Navy populations. This study explored the operational feasibility and acceptability of commercial wearable devices (Oura Ring and ReadiBand) in a warship environment with 845 Sailors across five ship cohorts during at-sea operations ranging from 10 to 31 days. Participants were required to wear both devices and check-in daily with research staff. Both devices functioned as designed in the environment and reliably collected sleep-wake data. Over 10,000 person-days at-sea, overall prevalence of Oura and ReadiBand use was 69% and 71%, respectively. Individual use rates were 71 ± 38% of days underway for Oura and 59 ± 34% for ReadiBand. Analysis of individual factors showed increasing device use and less device interference with age, and more men than women found the devices comfortable. This study provides initial support that commercial wearables can contribute to infrastructures for operational fatigue management in naval environments.
开发疲劳管理解决方案对美国海军人员至关重要。本研究在海上作业期间，在 5 艘军舰上的 845 名水手（跨越 5 个舰群）中，探索了商用可穿戴设备（Oura Ring 和 ReadiBand）在军舰环境中的操作可行性和可接受性，海上作业时间从 10 天到 31 天不等。要求参与者同时佩戴两种设备，并每天向研究人员签到。两种设备在环境中均按设计运行，可靠地收集睡眠-觉醒数据。在超过 10000 天的海上作业中，Oura 和 ReadiBand 的总体使用率分别为 69%和 71%。Oura 的个人使用率为 71±38%的在航天数，而 ReadiBand 的个人使用率为 59±34%。对个人因素的分析表明，随着年龄的增长，设备的使用率会增加，设备干扰会减少，而且男性比女性更容易觉得设备舒适。本研究初步表明，商用可穿戴设备可以为海军环境中的作业疲劳管理基础设施做出贡献。
