2023-12-22 13:30:11
A recent study was published in the journal Communications Medicine. She explains how the connected watches can aid in the diagnosis of diseases such as arrhythmia in children.
While the usefulness of these devices for adults has been the subject of much research. Little is known about how they can be used to monitor children’s health indicators. But researchers are making progress and here are some findings.
A study that shed light on children’s arrhythmia
Of the researchers indeed emit the hypothesis what connected watches could lead to disease identification as arrhythmia in children. To this end, a retrospective study has been carried out. And this made it possible to obtain and analyze recordings submitted by children to a pediatric hospital in 2018 to 2022.
THE patients or their caregivers included in the study all used a connected watch. And the diagnosis was later confirmed by a pediatric electrophysiologist. The data set also included demographic information. Then, the type of arrhythmia and the results other tests of non-invasive cardiac monitoring were noted.
The use of connected watches in pediatric cardiology
Palpitations and heart rhythm abnormalities are one of the main causes of consultation in pediatric cardiology. However, existing non-invasive methods, such as patch rhythm monitorsare not not always effective.
This does not help diagnose arrhythmias. The symptoms of these diseases affecting children are often infrequent. And they cannot wear monitors as long as adults. Therefore, the help of smartwatches is useful in detecting these diseases in children.
Knowing how to measure children’s heart rates, a challenge to overcome
THE children generally have higher heart rates than adults. In addition, they are more physically active. But the algorithms used in the current smartwatches can only detect heart problems in adults. They were designed like this.
What makes certain connected watches must now be adaptedto detect common arrhythmic diseases in children. During testingit turns out that thanks to these devices approximately 71% patients suffering from cardiac arrhythmias have been identified.
Smartwatches, game-changing devices
The study then brought convincing evidence of the usefulness of smartwatches to detect arrhythmia in children. Smartwatches have also proven to be useful for to watch the progression or the relapse of existing illnesses in children.
This is one of the first studies on these devices as’diagnostic tools. This fills a gap in research for this population. Although this is a retrospective case series rather than a randomized clinical trial, future studies will be able to reinforce these results. In this way, the information collected will concern a wider population.
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