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. 2021 Dec 23;19(1):120. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010120

Table A1.

Comparison of the available actigraphy devices used in the studies (as of December 2021).

Actiwatch 2 (Philips Respironics) Actiwatch Spectrum (Philips Respironics) Actiwatch Spectrum Plus (Philips Respironics) Motionlogger Watch (Ambulatory Monitoring, Inc.) ActiGraph GT9X Link (ActiGraph)
Size (cm) 4.3 × 2.3 × 1.0 4.8 × 3.7 × 1.4 4.8 × 3.7 × 1.5 4.4 × 1.8 × 1.5 3.5 × 3.5 × 1.0
Weight (g) 16 30 31 65.2 14
Battery Life 30 days 8 months 60 days over 30 days 14 days
Water Resistance 1 m for 30 min per IPX7IEC 60529 1 m for 30 min per IPX7IEC 60529 1 m for 30 min per IPX7IEC 60529 50 M IP27 1 m, 30 min
Wrist Detection x x x x
Light Sensor x x x x
Event Marker x x x x
Mean Temperature x
PVT Reaction Time Rest x
Sensitivity compared to PSG a 90.8% 1 95.0% 2 - 96.6% 3 -
Specificity
compared to PSG b
65.6% 1 34.0% 2 - 65.9% 3 -

1 Pigeon et al. [68], 2 Quante et al. [69], 3 Rupp and Balkin [70]; a Percentage of PSG sleep episodes also identified as sleep by actigraphs; b Percentage of non-sleep episodes correctly identified by actigraphs.