Healthcare Applications of Smart Watches a Systematic Review Tsung-Chien Lu1,2; Chia-Ming Fu1; Matthew Huei-Ming Ma1; Cheng-Chung Fang1; Anne M
Review 850 Healthcare Applications of Smart Watches A Systematic Review Tsung-Chien Lu1,2; Chia-Ming Fu1; Matthew Huei-Ming Ma1; Cheng-Chung Fang1; Anne M. Turner2,3 1Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; 2Division of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education, School of Medi- cine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; 3Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA Keywords Other clinical informatics applications, Interfaces and usability, Healthcare, Wearable device, Smart watch Summary Objective: The aim of this systematic review is to synthesize research studies involving the use of smart watch devices for healthcare. Materials and Methods: The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Ana- lyses (PRISMA) was chosen as the systematic review methodology. We searched PubMed, CINAHL Plus, EMBASE, ACM, and IEEE Xplore. In order to include ongoing clinical trials, we also searched ClinicalTrials.gov. Two investigators evaluated the retrieved articles for inclusion. Discrepancies be- tween investigators regarding article inclusion and extracted data were resolved through team dis- cussion. Results: 356 articles were screened and 24 were selected for review. The most common publi- cation venue was in conference proceedings (13, 54%). The majority of studies were published or presented in 2015 (19, 79%). We identified two registered clinical trials underway. A large propor- tion of the identified studies focused on applications involving health monitoring for the elderly (6, 25%). Five studies focused on patients with Parkinson’s disease and one on cardiac arrest. There were no studies which reported use of usability testing before implementation.
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