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Sleep Health Assessment – Your Better Health Empowered by Belun® Ring

Preventive healthcare is the key to your wellness management. According to a STOP-Bang study from the University Health Network, it’s time to manage your sleep health if you have encountered or matched with some of the following symptoms and attributes:

• Snoring – Do you snore loudly to the extent that it could be heard through closed doors? Or your bed-partner complain about your snoring at night?
• Tired – Do you often feel tired, fatigued, or sleepy during the daytime? As if falling asleep during driving?
• Observed – Has anyone observed you stop breathing or choking/gasping during your sleep?
• Pressure – Do you have or are being treated for high blood pressure?
• BMI – Is your Body Mass Index more than 35 kg/m2?
• Age – Are you aged 50 or above?
• Neck Size large? – (Measured around Adams apple) Is your shirt collar 16 inches / 40cm or larger?
• Gender – You are a male?

Yes to 5 - 8 questions suggests that you are now prone to high risk of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). Don’t underestimate it even if have answered yes to 3 - 4 questions, intermediate risk of OSA is hiding around the corner.

Sleep disorders are the major threat to your sleep health. Among them the Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is a troublemaker. It hinders or even stops your breathing for a moment. When our body runs out of oxygen, our brain activates its protective mechanism and awakes; this practice will not only affect our sleep quality but also threatening our heart & brain in the long run by increasing the risk to diseases like hypertension, stroke, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and dementia.

To improve your quality of health by conducting an effective sleep health assessment

• Scientifically Records Your Sleep Architecture
  Belun® Ring will monitor our sleep habits to provide better insights to users. You can understand how your daytime activities affect sleep and then adjust your habits. For example, adjust the hours doing the following things to maintain sleep quality, e.g. e-sports, exercise, alcohol intake, drinking coffee and medication, etc.
• Improve Effectiveness of Treatments for Chronic Disease
  Sleep is highly related to different chronic diseases. Taking diabetes as an example, Specialists could provide holistic care to patients in addition to blood glucose levels; if the OSA of the patient is taken care of, it will improve the treatment effectiveness of diabetes.
• Weight Management
  Obesity can be one of the causes of OSA, and weight reduction has a significant effect on reducing OSA severity. Belun® has collaborated with a local university to study the relationship between weight management, exercise & sleep. The study, through Belun® Ring service, showed improvement in people with OSA or sleep problems after weight management and regular exercise program.

Health Database

Information shows that more than 100,000 people in Hong Kong suffer from sleep apnoea, with a higher prevalence in men and obese people.