Key result
Smartphone-based photoplethysmography showed good agreement with ECG for measuring HRV indices (NN, SDNN, RMSSD) with a standard deviation of error around 5.4 ms, but insufficient for LF/HF.
Why the study?
Does smartphone-based photoplethysmography accurately measure heart rate variability compared to ECG in healthy subjects?
Comparison
Smartphone camera photoplethysmography vs ECG and an external PPG sensor
Design
Validation study across two smartphone models and three breathing conditions
Authors
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Smartphone SPPG may enable accessible HR/HRV tracking in healthy adults; leaves open validation in clinical populations before practice adoption.
Observational (n=23)
Does smartphone-based photoplethysmography accurately measure heart rate variability compared to ECG in healthy subjects?
Effect estimate: SDE 5.4 ms
Smartphone-based photoplethysmography can accurately measure time-domain heart rate variability indices (NN, SDNN, RMSSD) but is insufficient for frequency-domain (LF/HF) analysis.
Guede-Fernández et al. (2019) conducted an observational in Healthy (n=23). Smartphone-based photoplethysmography (SPPG) vs. Electrocardiogram (ECG) was evaluated on Standard deviation of error (SDE) between SPPG and ECG (SDE 5.4 ms). Smartphone-based photoplethysmography showed good agreement with ECG for measuring HRV indices (NN, SDNN, RMSSD) with a standard deviation of error around 5.4 ms, but insufficient for LF/HF.
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