[A#2, P5] Sleepy Heads – Data Gathering – Seite 2

In-depth Interview

Interview Questions

1. How would you describe your eating habits?
2. At what times do you eat?
3. How much time is there between your last meal and your bedtime?
4. How much is your caffeine intake? (Coffee, energy drinks etc.)
5. How much do you exercise?
6. How many hours a day do you sit in front of a screen?
7. Do you use blue light filters? Why or why not?
8. What do you do before going to sleep?
         8.1 How long before bed to you stop looking at screens?
9. When do you go to sleep?
         9.1 If inconsistent, why?
10. Approximately how long do you sleep?
11. What are factors that disturb you when falling asleep or during your sleep?
12. What helps you fall asleep?
13. What do you do when you wake up?
14. Do you currently track your sleep? If yes, how?
         If per app or a fitness watch/band:
         14.1 How often do you check the app?
         14.2 Is there anything in the app you don’t understand?
         14.3 What do you find is missing in the app?
         14.4 Does the app rate your sleep quality? If yes, do you find the rating accurate?
         14.5 Would you like to rate your sleep yourself too? Why or why not?
15. How would you describe your sleeping disorder?
16. What have you tried to do about it yourself?
17. Have you consulted a doctor or would you like to consult a doctor? Why or why not?
         17.1 If yes: What did the doctor recommend or what was done about the problem?
         17.2 If you had to fill out forms:
                   17.2.1 How long did you need?
                   17.2.2 What time of the day did you mostly fill out the forms?
                   17.2.3 Have you ever forgotten to fill out a form and why?
                   17.2.4 What would be a good reminder for you (ex. push notifications)
   17.3 What do you find better: having these kinds of forms on paper or digital? Please explain why.
         17.4 What kind of problems did you face during the treatment?
         17.5 What was missing during the treatment?

Interview Protocol

Due to data privacy, the interview protocol has not yet been entered.

Market Analysis

Huawei Health

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.huawei.health

Requires a fitness band to track pulse and sleep, no manual inputs are allowed.
Doesn’t just track sleep but also movement, sports and steps.
Users can enter height and weight – though this has no effect on the sleep tracking
No opportunity to log food/nutrition
Divides sleep into phases and color codes them
Rates various aspects of sleep and uses these to calculate the quality of sleep
Has general explanations about the aspects
No push-notifications, users must check tracked sleep themselves
Gives tips on how to improve sleep quality
Users can export a days worth of data as a photo (not in PDF)

Sleep Monitor – Schlaf verfolgung & Rekorder

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sleepmonitor.aio&hl=de&gl=US

Records and saves sound (up to 7 days for basic and 30 days + download option for pro)
Records sleep cycles, calculates sleep score and shows sleep reports for each day
Provides weekly/monthly statistics
Smart alarm clock: Bedtime reminder & alarm clock
Sleep notes (anything users want to record)
Sleep songs
Users can add factors like what they did before going to bed (for example: ate late / exercised) & how they felt (predefined, for example: sick, aches and pains etc.)

Fitbit

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fitbit.FitbitMobile&hl=de&gl=US

Fitness tracker: tracks steps, activity, pulse but and also sleep.
Uses a fitness band to track sleep
Manual inputs are also allowed (but users can only enter sleep time and wake up time)
If sleep is tracked by app users can see the duration of their sleep and their phases of sleep (in various kinds of graphs and percentages)
Calculates a sleep score (for example: 73 – ok, 81 – good etc.)
Sleep phases include: Awake, REM, light, deep (also color coded)
Informs about the different sleep phases using the users graph for that night (this helps users determine abnormalities)
Also tracks estimated oxygen variation in order to determine breathing problems
In the paid version (PRO) users can also see heart rate and restlessness during sleep
No push-notifications reminding users to take a look at their tracked sleep
A single days sleep graph can be saved as a photo on the camera roll