Mobile/wearable digital devices for care of active cancer patients: a survey from the ESC Council of Cardio-Oncology.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The Council of Cardio-Oncology of the European Society of Cardiology developed an on-line anonymous survey to provide an overall picture of the current practice on the use of mobile and wearable digital devices in cardio-oncology and the potential barriers to their large-scale applicability.

Methods and results

Between June 2023 and January 2024, an online anonymous questionnaire was completed by 220 healthcare professionals from 55 countries. The greatest number of respondents reported that mobile/wearable digital devices have a role in all active cancer patients for measuring heart rate (33.9%), blood pressure (34.4%), body temperature (32.0%), physical activity (42.4%), and sleep (31.2%). In the setting of atrial fibrillation detection, respondents were evenly split

SUBMITTER: Boriani G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11914721 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature