Feasibility of Using a Smartwatch to Intensively Monitor Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Prospective Cohort Study.

Robert C Wu Daniyal Liaqat Eyal de Lara Tatiana Son Frank Rudzicz Hisham Alshaer Pegah Abed-Esfahani Andrea S Gershon

Published in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2018)

Some patients with COPD will wear and maintain smartwatches that passively monitor audio, heart rate, and physical activity, and wearables were able to reliably capture near-continuous patient data. Further work is necessary to increase acceptability and improve the patient experience.

Keyphrases

heart rate
physical activity
heart rate variability
blood pressure
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
case report
electronic health record
lung function
body mass index
big data
machine learning
cystic fibrosis
air pollution
data analysis