Table A1.
Selected papers for visual EF.
| Reference Number of the Research Study | Visual Physical Variables Monitored (in Brackets the Name of the Used Wearable, if Available) | Other Factors Monitored (in Brackets the Name of Used Wearable if Available) | Indoor/Outdoor and Field of Application | Practical Implication | Limitation of the Considered Wearable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [68] | Lighting [lx] | Thermal, Air quality | Outdoor. Wearable used to study pedestrians’ exposure to urban environmental conditions | A miniaturized microclimate station, specifically tailored to be worn while walking or biking | |
| [60] | Circadian stimulus (Daysimeter) | Indoor. Office sites | CS 0.3 during daytime hours is associated with an acute alerting effect on office workers | ||
| [61] | Personal light exposures: illuminance, circadian light (CLA), and circadian stimulus (CS) levels (Daysimeter) | Interdaily Stability (IS) and Intradaily Variability (IV) | Indoor. Household environment | The lighting intervention significantly increased circadian entrainment and significantly reduced symptoms of depression in the participants with ADRD | |
| [62] | Personal light exposures: illuminance, circadian light (CLA), and circadian stimulus (CS) levels (Daysimeter) | Biometric monitoring (Actigraph) | Indoor. Household environment | Flashing blue light delivered through closed eyelids during sleep can change the circadian phase, thus allowing to promote sleep health in those suffering from circadian sleep disorders. | |
| [58] | Personal light exposures: illuminance, circadian light (CLA), and circadian stimulus (CS) levels (Daysimeter) | Rest/activity monitoring with three orthogonally oriented, solid-state accelerometers (Daysimeter) | Indoor. Household environment | Circadian phase changes resulting from a light intervention are consistent with those predicted by previously published Phase Response Curves [132] | |
| [63] | Personal light exposures: illuminance, circadian light (CLA), and circadian stimulus (CS) levels (Daysimeter) | Indoor. | A lighting intervention, tailored to increase daytime circadian stimulation, can be used to increase sleep quality and improve behavior in patients with ADRD | ||
| [59] | Personal light exposures: illuminance, circadian light (CLA), and circadian stimulus (CS) levels (Daysimeter) | Indoor/Outdoor | |||
| [64] | Photopic illuminance in lux from 400 to 900 nm (Philips Actiwatch-L) and photopic illuminance in lux from 400 to 700 nm (Daysimeter) | Indoor. Hospital | Study describes the difference between light levels measured at the wrist (Actiwatch-L) | ||
| [65] | Personal circadian and photopic light exposures (Daysimeter) | Acceleration and temperature data (Daysimeter) | Indoor. School | Not significant difference between two groups, one of which was wearing orange glasses | |
| [66] | Photopic illuminance in lux from 400 to 900 nm (Philips Actiwatch-L) and photopic illuminance in lux from 400 to 700 nm (Daysimeter) | Indoor. Hospital (day-shift nurse) | |||
| [57] | Photopic illuminance in lux from 400 to 900 nm (Philips Actiwatch-L) and photopic illuminance in lux from 400 to 700 nm (Daysimeter) | Indoor. Hospital | These measurement and analysis techniques may provide important insights into the relationship between circadian disruption and well-being. | ||
| [67] | Personal light exposures (illuminance, circadian light (CLA), and circadian stimulus (CS) levels) (Daysimeter) | Biometric monitoring (Actigraph) | Indoor. Home | This case study provides beginning support for the use of the daysimeter in the home | |
| [55] | Personal light exposures (illuminance, circadian light (CLA), and circadian stimulus (CS) levels) (Daysimeter) | Indoor. Laboratory and Home | A system of measurement of optical radiation for the circadian system is essential in many applications concerning human wellbeing | ||
| [69] | Ambient light color balance (Eco-Mini) | Ozone, Sulfur Dioxide, Volatile Organic Compounds, humidity, temperature, and sound level, 3-axis accelerometer and GPS location (Eco-Mini) | Indoor/Outdoor | The presented wearable environmental monitoring, called “Eco-Mini”, overcomes pratical challenges (calibration, reproducibility, form factor, and battery life) and can be used in clinical studies. | |
| [70] | UV light and IR radiation | Indoor/Outdoor | The fibers and their textiles showed stable practical performance and outstanding sensitivity to UV/IR radiation to achieve energy-free, real-time visual monitoring of the IR radiation temperature, and UV index. | ||
| [71] | UV Light, light intensity [lx], color temperature [K], and color components | Indoor/Outdoor | Practical value within disciplines such as environmental and health psychology, which seek to relate psychological outcomes to environmental exposure. Completely open-source allowing replicability. |