Actigraphy Sensors and Polysomnography Devices Market Size

Actigraphy Sensors & Polysomnography Devices Market Analysis

The actigraphy sensors and polysomnography devices market is expected to register a CAGR of 5.5% over the forecast period.

The COVID-19 pandemic has catalyzed rapid technologic disruption in sleep medicine by accelerating consumer demand for products, including recent care delivery changes, telehealth expansion, remote testing, data monitoring, self-monitoring physiological data using pulse oximeters or EEG sensors in consumer-grade rings, watches, eye or headbands, and other wearables, and AI/ML/DL integrations such as those using heart rate variability (HRV). As telemedicine expands, both physicians and patients are becoming more interested in remote diagnostic and data monitoring technology, including the increased use of disposable home sleep apnea testing devices in the context of the pandemic. For instance, the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health published an article in January 2021 where the Valence Aware Dictionary and sEntiment Reasoner (VADER), an AI sentiment analysis tool, was enabled for the examination of tweets from pregnant women and discovered anxiety, depressive symptoms, sleep issues, and anguish connected to isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)'s Technology Report published in April 2022 projected a 16.6% growth in end-user spending on wearable wristbands and smartwatch devices worldwide between 2021 and 2022 and a 14.6% rise between 2020 and 2021.

Several factors, such as a rise in the geriatric population, the rising incidence of sleep disorders such as insomnia, restless leg syndrome, sleep-related breathing disorders, and chronic sleep disorders like narcolepsy and hypersomnia, especially among adults, and an increase in the research and development for technological advancements in terms of sleep disease diagnostics and management is projected to drive the growth of the market. Several studies published by the National Library of Medicine in 2021 estimated obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) affects 2-9% of the adult population, restless leg syndrome affects 5-10% of adults and 2-4% of children, and narcolepsy affects between 135,000 and 200,000 people in the United States annually.

As a result, most treatment regimens now incorporate actigraphy sensors and polysomnography devices into their clinical treatment plans. In addition, new product launches and technological advancements by major players in the market are positively affecting the growth of the studied market. For instance, the Nature and Science of Sleep published a research in November 2022 stating that the novel deep-learning technique, OSAnet, could be feasible for the detection and identification of obstructive sleep apnea in home-based devices. The algorithm is based on sleep sounds recorded by a non-contact voice recorder that can be used for the assessment and screening of OSA.

Therefore, owing to the aforementioned factors, such as the adoption of advancing digital technologies, remote sleep technologies, and rising sleep-related disorders coupled with the latest product launches, the studied market is expected to grow significantly during the study period. However, stringent regulatory frameworks and standards associated with manufacturing strategies for actigraphy sensors and polysomnography devices are expected to hinder the growth of the market during the study period.