Use of wearable devices for post-discharge monitoring of ICU patients: a feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Wearable devices generate signals detecting activity, sleep, and heart rate, all of which could enable detailed and near-continuous characterization of recovery following critical illness.

Methods

To determine the feasibility of using a wrist-worn personal fitness tracker among patients recovering from critical illness, we conducted a prospective observational study of a convenience sample of 50 stable ICU patients. We assessed device wearability, the extent of data capture, sensitivity and specificity for detecting heart rate excursions, and correlations with questionnaire-derived sleep quality measures.

Results

Wearable devices were worn over a 24-h period, with excellent capture of data. While specificity for the detection of tachycardia was high (98.8%)

SUBMITTER: Kroll RR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5698959 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature