ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Long-Term IoT-Based Maternal Monitoring: System Design and Evaluation.
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- Internet of Things in Pregnancy Care Coordination and Management: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Pooled it
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- Global, regional, and national burden of maternal hemorrhage: a systematic analysis from the global burden of disease 2021 and projections to 2030.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of the Internet of Things for Improving Pregnancy and Postpartum Women's Health in High-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- The evaluation model of engineering practice teaching with complex network analytic hierarchy process based on deep learning.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- An IoT-Enabled Wearable Device for Fetal Movement Detection Using Accelerometer and Gyroscope Sensors.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Circadian rhythm of heart rate and heart rate variability in pregnancy.npj women's health · 2025Article
- Preterm birth risk stratification through longitudinal heart rate and HRV monitoring in daily life.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Biometrics of complete human pregnancy recorded by wearable devices.NPJ digital medicine · 2024Article
- Industry 4.0 Technologies in Maternal Health Care: Bibliometric Analysis and Research Agenda.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2024Article
- Current Use and Discrepancies in the Adoption of Health-Related Internet of Things and Apps Among Working Women in Japan: Large-Scale, Internet-Based, Cross-Sectional Survey.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Article
- Feasibility of continuous smart health monitoring in pregnant population: A mixed-method approach.PLOS digital health · 2024Article
- Maternal Social Loneliness Detection Using Passive Sensing Through Continuous Monitoring in Everyday Settings: Longitudinal Study.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- Effectiveness of the Internet of Things for Improving Working-Aged Women's Health in High-Income Countries: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- How Wearable Sensors Can Support the Research on Foetal and Pregnancy Outcomes: A Scoping Review.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
- Trends in Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability During Pregnancy and the 3-Month Postpartum Period: Continuous Monitoring in a Free-living Context.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2022Article
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Abstract
Pregnancy is a unique time when many mothers gain awareness of their lifestyle and its impacts on the fetus. High-quality care during pregnancy is needed to identify possible complications early and ensure the mother's and her unborn baby's health and well-being. Different studies have thus far proposed maternal health monitoring systems. However, they are designed for a specific health problem or are limited to questionnaires and short-term data collection methods. Moreover, the requirements and challenges have not been evaluated in long-term studies. Maternal health necessitates a comprehensive framework enabling continuous monitoring of pregnant women. In this paper, we present an Internet-of-Things (IoT)-based system to provide ubiquitous maternal health monitoring during pregnancy and postpartum. The system consists of various data collectors to track the mother's condition, including stress, sleep, and physical activity. We carried out the full system implementation and conducted a real human subject study on pregnant women in Southwestern Finland. We then evaluated the system's feasibility, energy efficiency, and data reliability. Our results show that the implemented system is feasible in terms of system usage during nine months. We also indicate the smartwatch, used in our study, has acceptable energy efficiency in long-term monitoring and is able to collect reliable photoplethysmography data. Finally, we discuss the integration of the presented system with the current healthcare system.
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