ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2024
Wearable Devices, Health Care Use, and Psychological Well-Being in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation.
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- PROMBot-HSM-AF: protocol for a feasibility study of a chatbot-based platform to collect patient-reported outcomes after atrial fibrillation ablation.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
- Are smart older adult care devices "cost-reducing and efficiency-enhancing" or "demand-activating"?-Empirical evidence from Chinese older adult households.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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- Patient and physician perspectives on smartwatch-based out-of-hospital cardiac arrest detection.European heart journal. Digital health · 2025Article
- Do we need AI guardians to protect us from health information overload?NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
- Approach to the Postmarket Evaluation of Consumer Wearable Technologies.JAMA cardiology · 2025Article
- Psychological Aspects of Wearable Health Technologies in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease: A Literature Review and Call to Action.Current cardiology reports · 2025Review
- Diagnostic performance of single-lead electrocardiograms from a smartwatch and a smartring for cardiac arrhythmia detection.Heart rhythm O2 · 2025Article
- Navigating Care Challenges in Elderly Patients Following Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulator Implantation.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Wearable Devices for Exercise Prescription and Physical Activity Monitoring in Patients with Various Cardiovascular Conditions.CJC open · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundWearables are increasingly used by patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) for symptom monitoring and health management, but their impact on patient health care use and psychological well-being is not well understood. METHODS AND
resultsIn this retrospective, propensity-matched study of patients with AF, survey and electronic health record data were merged to compare AF-specific health care use (outpatient/inpatient visits, rhythm-related testing, and procedures) and informal health care use (telephone calls and patient portal messages) over a 9-month period between wearable users and nonusers. We also examined the effects of wearable cardiac monitoring features (eg, heart rate alerts, irregular rhythm notification, and ECG) on patient behavior and well-being. Of 172 patients with AF in this analysis (age, 72.6±9.0 years; 42% women), 83 used a wearable. Compared with nonusers, wearable users reported higher rates of symptom monitoring and preoccupation (
conclusionsWearables were associated with higher rates of symptom monitoring and preoccupation, AF treatment concerns, AF-specific health care use, and use of informal health care resources. Prospective, randomized studies are needed to understand the net effects of wearables and their alerts on patients, providers, and the health care system.
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