SciPoll 409: Heart Health: Life Saving Benefits of Wearable Technologies
Should more people wear smart heart monitoring technology for routine cardiac health monitoring?
Results
(111 Answers, 3 Skips)
Answer Explanations
- Yesuser-933346
The benefit/cost is very high, so indeed it would be benefitial.
- Yesuser-834630
Ultimately a patient should be seeking care from a licensed cardiologist to ensure a proper workup is being performed. If the technology in question is prescribed or recommended by a licensed professional for monitoring of a known condition, I would say yes. If a patient is wearing a smart device as a surrogate for seeking healthcare on a regular basis, I would have to say the answer should be no.
- Nouser-452756
Technology is not sufficiently developed.
- Nouser-897331
the benefits are still limited and depend on factors external to the watch, however, its use causes a lot of anxiety in patients.
- Yesuser-165049
It is a good screening tool
- Yesuser-646901
this answer is self-explaining because of the very positive benefit-risk
- Yesuser-946345
Will help in detection of latent arrhythmias
- Yesuser-346054
People at high risk of developing heart rhythm problems
- Yesuser-377267
this would apply to a certain subgroup of the population and needs effective management
- Yesuser-567257
especially those with chronic disease and co-morbidities
- I cannot answeruser-698057
No available data on the meaningfulness of the wearable technologies
- Nouser-816808
No because some of them are not trust and some one do not know about the same.
- Yesuser-932521
True for ECG based devices able to detect arryhymias.
- Yesuser-678105
Yes
- Yesuser-441980
But the technology should be very scientifically validated, as not to stress individuals because of measurement errors.
- Yesuser-623341
people with high risk of cardiovascular
diseases - YesDrAndyDABT
If the technology was able to monitor cardiac rhythm, then yes, but it should be a choice.
- Yesuser-800750
Yes; but issues of privacy, electronic health records' confidentiality and consent should be addressed first.
- Yesuser-604552
Mainly people with known cardiac issues.
- Yesuser-532952
Those who are enslaved by Cell phones are good at charging them. I am a heart patient and not enthusiastic. Regular ECG's are more use. Plus a finger monitor for BP and Oxygen level which is MUCH cheaper than a watch. Easy to keep in a pocket and has a battery that lasts for weeks.
- Yesuser-819042
Monitoring cardiac health vitals will be a preventive measure.
- Yesuser-664651
We have the technology that everyone can be wearing these devices and the more using them the more people who will be saved
- Yesuser-536513
The population of more at risk individuals would benefit.
- Nouser-260472
No need for people without cardiac conditions to wear these kind of expensive watches
- Yesuser-126019
Affordable smart heart monitoring should be a priority for heart health monitoring and saving lifes
- Yesuser-125195
I believe this is beneficial mainly for monitoring one’s cardio fitness and as a stimulant to exercise and keep one’s fitness up but also to establish a baseline to help evaluate trends as well as a means to alert if an emergency is encountered
- Yesuser-989153
Could be an option for risk groups
- Yesuser-394368
Particularly those at risk, if identified as being at risk.
- Yesuser-89655
More monitoring will always help, even if there are false positive scares.
- Nouser-320876
Increased environmental hazards (e.g., chemical, biological pollutants, EMF, 5G, electronic devices, cellphones) including smart heart monitors, could lead to over-stimulation of immune system.
- Nouser-38414
This should be worn only by people with known cardiac risks.
- Nouser-913436
To date there is no clear evidence that the use of specific wearable devices is associated with better outcomes or symptoms neither in the general population nor in selected groups of patients.
- Yesuser-622747
it can have an impact in decrease this health condition
- Yesuser-674106
Manifestation of IM can be confusing for the patient. Immediate registration of ECG would make these patients act without delay.
- Nouser-998255
In general it is too difficult to interpret the data/results. So far, reliable algorithms to predict health outcomes from the data do not exist.
- Nouser-622574
See my reply above.
- Yesuser-897569
Scientific evidence from studies.
- Nouser-826635
While wearing in case of heart problems is having use but daily use by all is not cost effective
- Nouser-949839
I think just when needed.
- I cannot answeruser-863919
patient selection is critical, it's not a question properly thought of by numbers alone
- Nouser-200863
Every person who has some understanding of how heart is monitored avoid using routine wearable technology, like smart watch, is not to rely when comes to health and especially heart attack or any other issues with hearts that need immediate attention
- Nouser-737405
While I am a believer of the potentials of biosensor technology, I am not sure there is enough evidence that would support this.
- I cannot answeruser-371283
no evidence but probably yes
- I cannot answeruser-271581
Maybe yes, maybe no
- Yesuser-487852
Yes, and also for normal people without threats
- Yesuser-182633
Just monitoring
- Yesuser-547683
In selected cases, smart watches may be useful to detect (paroxysmal) atrial fibrillation and may outweigh the accuracy of older tools (serial ECG, 24h, 72h or 1-week Holter monitoring). I do use them in my clinical practice, although in very few selected cases, depending on both the characterits of the patient, the likelihood of undiagnosed paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and the practical consequences of diagnosing this arrhythmia.
- Yesuser-907789
Saves time and money.
- Yesuser-198903
Yes, especially select cohorts of patients
- I cannot answeruser-600998
Probably not the most cost-effective method of screening the population.