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One in Four U.S. Consumers Interested in Connected Health Devices for Sleep Disorders

Sleep disorders are an opportunity for connected health devices, said a Parks Associates report Friday, before the Sleep Technology Summit that's part of the Health 2.0 Fall Conference in Santa Clara through Wednesday. A quarter of U.S. consumers with sleep…

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disorders are interested in getting more information on new connected health devices that could help manage their condition, it said. Parks research shows 13 percent of U.S. broadband households report someone having some sort of sleep disorder, and on average, U.S. consumers get sufficient sleep -- at least seven hours -- only six out of every 10 days, Parks says. More than one-third of consumers acknowledge a need to better manage their sleep, and more than 40 percent of those with a sleep disorder are interested in receiving information about better daily routines, it said.