npj Digital Medicine,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
6(1)
Published: Dec. 22, 2023
Abstract
Previous
studies
have
associated
COVID-19
symptoms
severity
with
levels
of
physical
activity.
We
therefore
investigated
longitudinal
trajectories
in
a
cohort
healthcare
workers
(HCWs)
non-hospitalised
and
their
real-world
121
HCWs
history
infection
who
had
monitored
through
at
least
two
research
clinic
visits,
via
smartphone
were
examined.
compatible
provided
an
Apple
Watch
Series
4
asked
to
install
the
MyHeart
Counts
Study
App
collect
symptom
data
multiple
activity
parameters.
Unsupervised
classification
analysis
identified
trajectory
patterns
long
short
duration.
The
prevalence
for
persistence
any
was
36%
fatigue
loss
smell
being
most
prevalent
individual
(24.8%
21.5%,
respectively).
8
features
obtained
groups
high
low
Of
these
parameters
only
‘distance
moved
walking
or
running’
trajectories.
report
long-term
HCWs,
method
identify
trends,
investigate
association.
These
highlight
importance
tracking
from
onset
recovery
even
individuals.
increasing
ease
collecting
non-invasively
wearable
devices
provides
opportunity
association
other
cardio-respiratory
diseases.
Journal of Medical Virology,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
95(2)
Published: Jan. 5, 2023
Abstract
One
of
the
effective
ways
to
minimize
spread
COVID‐19
infection
is
diagnose
it
as
early
possible
before
onset
symptoms.
In
addition,
if
can
be
simply
diagnosed
using
a
smartwatch,
effectiveness
preventing
will
greatly
increased.
this
study,
we
aimed
develop
deep
learning
model
symptoms
heart
rate
(HR)
data
obtained
from
smartwatch.
for
diagnosis,
proposed
transformer
that
learns
HR
variability
patterns
in
presymptom
by
tracking
relationships
sequential
data.
cross‐validation
(CV)
results
unvaccinated
patients,
our
exhibited
high
accuracy
metrics:
sensitivity
84.38%,
specificity
85.25%,
84.85%,
balanced
84.81%,
and
area
under
receiver
operating
characteristics
(AUROC)
0.8778.
Furthermore,
validated
external
multiple
datasets
including
healthy
subjects,
well
vaccinated
patients.
subject
group,
also
achieved
77.80%.
patient
provided
similar
metrics
those
CV:
87.23%
AUROC
0.8897.
dropped
66.67%
0.8072,
respectively.
The
first
finding
study
accurately
patients
HRs
smartwatch
second
trained
may
provide
less
accurate
diagnosis
performance
compared
with
last
certain
period
time
degraded
performances
virus
continues
mutate.
Bioengineering,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
9(8), P. 352 - 352
Published: July 29, 2022
The
COVID-19
pandemic
seems
endless
with
the
regular
emergence
of
new
variants.
Is
SARS-CoV-2
virus
particularly
evasive
to
immune
system,
or
is
it
merely
disrupting
communication
between
body
and
brain,
thus
pre-empting
homeostasis?
Retrospective
analysis
AIDS
pandemics,
as
well
prion
disease,
emphasizes
pivotal
but
little-known
role
10th
cranial
nerve
in
health.
Considering
neuroimmunometabolism
from
point
view
vagus
nerve,
non-invasive
bioengineering
solutions
aiming
at
monitoring
stimulating
vagal
tone
are
subsequently
discussed
next
optimal
global
preventive
treatments,
far
beyond
pandemics.
Diagnostics,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
13(19), P. 3071 - 3071
Published: Sept. 28, 2023
Despite
the
declining
COVID-19
cases,
global
healthcare
systems
still
face
significant
challenges
due
to
ongoing
infections,
especially
among
fully
vaccinated
individuals,
including
adolescents
and
young
adults
(AYA).
To
tackle
this
issue,
cost-effective
alternatives
utilizing
technologies
like
Artificial
Intelligence
(AI)
wearable
devices
have
emerged
for
disease
screening,
diagnosis,
monitoring.
However,
many
AI
solutions
in
context
heavily
rely
on
supervised
learning
techniques,
which
pose
such
as
human
labeling
reliability
time-consuming
data
annotation.
In
study,
we
propose
an
innovative
unsupervised
framework
that
leverages
smartwatch
detect
monitor
infections.
We
utilize
longitudinal
data,
heart
rate
(HR),
variability
(HRV),
physical
activity
measured
via
step
count,
collected
through
continuous
monitoring
of
volunteers.
Our
goal
is
offer
effective
affordable
detection
employs
interpretable
clusters
normal
abnormal
measures,
facilitating
progression
detection.
Additionally,
enhance
result
interpretation
by
leveraging
language
model
Davinci
GPT-3
gain
deeper
insights
into
underlying
patterns
relationships.
results
demonstrate
effectiveness
learning,
achieving
a
Silhouette
score
0.55.
Furthermore,
validation
using
techniques
yields
high
accuracy
(0.884
±
0.005),
precision
(0.80
0.112),
recall
(0.817
0.037).
These
promising
findings
indicate
potential
identifying
inflammatory
markers,
contributing
development
efficient
reliable
methods.
study
shows
capabilities
wearables,
reflecting
pursuit
low-cost,
accessible
addressing
health
related
diseases,
thereby
opening
new
avenues
scalable
widely
applicable
solutions.
npj Digital Medicine,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
6(1)
Published: Dec. 22, 2023
Abstract
Previous
studies
have
associated
COVID-19
symptoms
severity
with
levels
of
physical
activity.
We
therefore
investigated
longitudinal
trajectories
in
a
cohort
healthcare
workers
(HCWs)
non-hospitalised
and
their
real-world
121
HCWs
history
infection
who
had
monitored
through
at
least
two
research
clinic
visits,
via
smartphone
were
examined.
compatible
provided
an
Apple
Watch
Series
4
asked
to
install
the
MyHeart
Counts
Study
App
collect
symptom
data
multiple
activity
parameters.
Unsupervised
classification
analysis
identified
trajectory
patterns
long
short
duration.
The
prevalence
for
persistence
any
was
36%
fatigue
loss
smell
being
most
prevalent
individual
(24.8%
21.5%,
respectively).
8
features
obtained
groups
high
low
Of
these
parameters
only
‘distance
moved
walking
or
running’
trajectories.
report
long-term
HCWs,
method
identify
trends,
investigate
association.
These
highlight
importance
tracking
from
onset
recovery
even
individuals.
increasing
ease
collecting
non-invasively
wearable
devices
provides
opportunity
association
other
cardio-respiratory
diseases.