Key result
Wearable health devices using photoplethysmography demonstrated high diagnostic accuracy for detecting atrial fibrillation, with studies reporting up to 100% sensitivity and 99% specificity.
Why the study?
The review sought to evaluate the effects of wearable health devices on cardiac arrhythmias, including their impact on personalized cardiac management, stroke prevention strategies, arrhythmia preventive care, and the patient-physician relationship.
Do wearable health devices improve the detection and diagnosis of cardiac arrhythmias in individuals with cardiovascular diseases and healthy people?
Systematic Review
Do wearable health devices improve the detection and diagnosis of cardiac arrhythmias in individuals with cardiovascular diseases and healthy people?
Wearable health devices provide highly accurate, continuous monitoring for the early detection of cardiac arrhythmias like atrial fibrillation, which can enhance stroke prevention strategies despite challenges with cost and physician data burden.
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Supports wearable PPG devices for arrhythmia detection and stroke prevention personalization; extends evidence for integration into clinical workflows and targeted trials.
Photoplethysmography (PPG) is the wearable devices' most widely used technology for monitoring heart rate. The systematic review used the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) standards and guidelines. This systematic review seeks to establish the effects of wearable health devices on cardiac arrhythmias concerning their impact on the personalization of cardiac management, their refining effect on stroke prevention strategies, and their influence on research and preventive care of cardiac arrhythmias and their re-evaluation of the patient-physician relationship. The population, exposure, control, outcomes, and studies (PECOS) criteria were used in the systematic review. This review considered studies that covered the tests conducted on individuals who presented with cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and also healthy people. The intervention for studies included wearable health devices that could detect and diagnose cardiac arrhythmias. The study considered articles that reported on the personalization of cardiac management, stroke prevention strategies, influence in research and preventive care of cardiac arrhythmias, and the re-evaluation of the patient-physician relationship. Two independent researchers were used in the extraction of the data. In case of dispute, the issue was resolved using a third party. The study's quality analysis was conducted using AXIS. The management of atrial fibrillation (AF) lies heavily in the prevention of stroke. The accuracy being reported in the prediction of arrhythmias and the monitoring of heart rates makes wearable devices an efficient means to personalize health care. Personalization of health and treatment in preventing and managing arrhythmias becomes possible due to the portability of smart wearable devices. However, limitations may be observed due to the high costs incurred in their purchase and use. Using smart wearable devices for the detection of cardiac arrhythmias was very significant.
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Tran et al. (2023) conducted a systematic review in Cardiac Arrhythmias. Wearable health devices was evaluated on Detection and diagnostic accuracy of cardiac arrhythmias. Wearable health devices using photoplethysmography demonstrated high diagnostic accuracy for detecting atrial fibrillation, with studies reporting up to 100% sensitivity and 99% specificity.
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