Researchers have been looking at smartwatches and the ability to detect Covid-19 in consumers even before they develop obvious symptoms. Now research from Mount Sinai, first released in January, is being published in a peer-reviewed journal, and it puts more emphasis on how a place might be. at the Heart Rate Change, or HRV in this early detection.
The data was collected through Apple Watch, from health care workers at Mount Sinai Health System. While anyone can check their own HRV levels available in the Health app on the iPhone, those in Hero Guard Survey used a special app designed just for the research project , which was stored on their smartphones.
The app collected HRV levels through the Apple Watch, and then looked at that data comparing variables or changes during periods before and after some of them were Covid-19 tested. The result? Changes in HRV were evident when they wrote in the paper submitted and accepted in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.
Changes in a person’s heart rate variability gain more credibility as a possible indication for Covid-19 disease
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“In summary, we showed a relationship between long-accumulated HRV obtained from a common consumption device and SARS-CoV-2 infection,” the researchers in the study concluded. supports further evaluation of HRV as a biomarker of SARS-CoV-2 disease by remote sensing techniques. Although further study is needed, this may allow the identification of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the preoperative period. , in asymptomatic carriers and before diagnosis by SARS-CoV-2 nasal PCR test. “
Covid-19 continues to affect the world, with new changes being discovered and affecting the level of disease in many countries including the US Often symptoms do not appear until someone already has the virus. The new study may provide another digital avenue for medical professionals in their fight against Covid-19, help support patients, and even guide others to get their find out if they are fighting the virus or not.