Objective: Connected blood pressure (BP) monitors provide reliable data when used properly. Our objective was to analyse the engagement of real-world users with self-measurements.
Methods: We included adult first-time users of a connected BP monitor from July 2019 to March 2021.
Background: COVID-19 remains a challenge to individual health and healthcare resources worldwide. Telemedical surveillance might minimise hospitalisation and direct patient-physician contacts. Yet, randomised clinical trials evaluating telemedical management of COVID-19 patients are lacking.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIncreased blood pressure variability (BPV) is linked to cardiovascular disease and mortality, yet few modifiable BPV risk factors are known. We aimed to assess the relationship between sleep quality and activity level on longitudinal BPV in a cohort of community-dwelling adults (age ≥18) from 17 countries. Using Withings home measurement devices, we examined sleep quality and physical activity over one year, operationalized as mean daily step count and number of sleep interruptions, both transformed into tertiles.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this study, we investigated the potential of electrochemical skin conductance (ESC) measurements gathered from home-based devices to detect circadian-like patterns. We analyzed data from 43,284 individuals using the Withings Body Comp or Body Scan scales, which provide ESC measurements. Our results highlighted a circadian pattern of ESC values across different age groups and countries.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Breast cancer (BC) has particular characteristics in young women, with diagnosis at more advanced stages, a poorer prognosis and highly aggressive tumors. In NeoFit, we will use an activity tracker to identify and describe various digital profiles (heart rate, physical activity, and sleep patterns) in women below the age of 45 years on neoadjuvant chemotherapy for BC.
Methods: NeoFit is a prospective, national, multicenter, single-arm open-label study.