Association of Wearable Device Use With Pulse Rate and Health Care Use in Adults With Atrial Fibrillation.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Increasingly, individuals with atrial fibrillation (AF) use wearable devices (hereafter wearables) that measure pulse rate and detect arrhythmia. The associations of wearables with health outcomes and health care use are unknown.

Objective

To characterize patients with AF who use wearables and compare pulse rate and health care use between individuals who use wearables and those who do not.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective, propensity-matched cohort study included 90 days of follow-up of patients in a tertiary care, academic health system. Included patients were adults with at least 1 AF-specific International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) code from 2017 through 2019. Electron

SUBMITTER: Wang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8160588 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature