Pharmacy,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
12(4), С. 107 - 107
Опубликована: Июль 12, 2024
United
States
healthcare
outcomes,
including
avoidable
mortality
rates,
are
among
the
worst
of
high-income
countries
despite
highest
spending
per
capita.
While
community
pharmacies
contribute
to
chronic
disease
management
and
preventive
medicine,
they
also
offer
consumer
products
that
increase
risks
prevalence
cardiovascular
diseases,
diabetes,
cancer,
depression.
To
resolve
these
contradictions,
our
perspective
article
describes
opportunities
for
major
pharmacy
chains
(e.g.,
CVS
Pharmacy
Walgreens)
introduce
digital
health
aisles
dedicated
prescription
over-the-counter
therapeutics
(DTx),
together
with
mobile
apps
wearables
support
self-management,
wellness,
well-being.
We
provide
an
evidence-based
rationale
replace
spaces
devoted
sugar-sweetened
beverages
other
unhealthy
commodities
(alcohol,
tobacco)
may
premature
death.
discuss
how
can
serve
as
marketing
patient
education
resources,
informing
customers
about
commercially
available
DTx
technologies
healthy
lifestyles.
Since
practice
requires
symbiotic
balancing
between
profit
margins
patient-centered,
value-based
care,
replacing
health-harming
health-promoting
could
positively
impact
prevention
well
physical
mental
patients
caregivers
who
visit
neighborhood
in
order
pick
up
medicines.
Sensors,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
24(20), С. 6532 - 6532
Опубликована: Окт. 10, 2024
Sleep
tracking
by
consumers
is
becoming
increasingly
prevalent;
yet,
few
studies
have
evaluated
the
accuracy
of
such
devices.
We
sought
to
evaluate
three
devices
(Oura
Ring
Gen3,
Fitbit
Sense
2,
and
Apple
Watch
Series
8)
compared
gold
standard
sleep
assessment
(polysomnography
(PSG)).
Thirty-five
participants
(aged
20-50
years)
without
a
disorder
were
enrolled
in
single-night
inpatient
study,
during
which
they
wore
Oura
Ring,
Fitbit,
Watch,
monitored
with
PSG.
For
detecting
vs.
wake,
sensitivity
was
≥95%
for
all
discriminating
between
stages,
ranged
from
50
86%,
as
follows:
ring
76.0-79.5%
precision
77.0-79.5%;
61.7-78.0%
72.8-73.2%;
50.5-86.1%
72.7-87.8%.
The
not
different
PSG
terms
light
sleep,
deep
or
REM
estimation.
overestimated
(18
min;
BioMedical Engineering OnLine,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
24(1)
Опубликована: Фев. 21, 2025
Abstract
Background
Established
assessment
scales
used
for
Parkinson’s
disease
(PD)
have
several
limitations
in
tracking
symptom
progression
and
fluctuation.
Both
research
commercial-grade
wearables
show
potential
improving
these
assessments.
However,
it
is
not
known
whether
pervasive
affordable
devices
can
deliver
reliable
data,
suitable
designing
open-source
unobtrusive
around-the-clock
Our
aim
to
investigate
the
usefulness
of
research-grade
wristband
Empatica
E4,
smartwatch
Fitbit
Sense,
Oura
ring,
PD
research.
Method
The
study
included
participants
with
(
N
=
15)
neurologically
healthy
controls
16).
Data
were
collected
using
established
(Movement
Disorders
Society
Unified
Disease
Rating
Scale,
Montreal
Cognitive
Assessment,
REM
Sleep
Behavior
Disorder
Screening
Questionnaire,
Hoehn
Yahr
Stage),
self-reported
diary
(activities,
symptoms,
sleep,
medication
times),
2-week
digital
data
from
three
simultaneously.
analyses
comprised
steps:
preparation
(device
characteristics
assessment,
extraction
preprocessing),
processing
(data
structuring
visualization,
cross-correlation
analysis,
comparison,
uptime
calculation),
evaluation
(usability,
availability,
statistical
analyses).
Results
We
found
large
variation
unsatisfactory
cross-correlation.
Due
output
incongruences,
only
heart
rate
movement
could
be
assessed
across
devices.
E4
Sense
outperformed
reflecting
activities.
a
weak
correlation
significant
differences.
was
good,
but
did
record
concomitantly.
also
terms
access
raw
sampling
level
device-native
processing,
ease
use,
retrieval
design.
graded
system
usability
as
poor,
middle.
Conclusions
In
this
we
identified
set
necessary
research:
handling,
cleaning,
retrieval,
score
calculation
transparency,
long
battery
life,
sufficient
storage,
higher
frequencies,
software
hardware
reliability,
transparency.
analyzed
are
interchangeable
and,
based
on
features,
none
deemed
optimal
research,
they
all
provide
specifications
future
iterations.
Romantic
relationship
stress
is
associated
with
poor
sleep
quality,
theoretically
by
threatening
belongingness
needs.
However,
it
unclear
how
directly
and
indirectly
impacts
quality.
This
study
aims
to
determine
what
extent
social
media
use
mediates
the
between
romantic
objective
subjective
Longitudinal
data
comes
from
35
emerging
adults
in
relationships
who
completed
online
surveys
twice
daily
for
14
consecutive
days
while
wearing
Oura
rings.
The
rings
captured
quality
presence
of
stress.
Results
revealed
that
did
not
mediate
quality;
however,
was
predictive
poorer
increased
time
spent
sleeping.
These
results
prove
a
stronger
independent
predictor
decrements
compared
Scientific Reports,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
15(1)
Опубликована: Март 19, 2025
Ring-trackers
are
a
growing
consumer
wearable
category
that
provide
number
of
sleep
metrics,
yet
their
measurement
accuracy
remains
poorly
understood.
Previous
validation
studies
have
mainly
focused
on
healthy
individuals,
while
significant
part
the
potential
present
and
future
value
lies
in
applications
non-healthy
subjects.
To
enable
research
medical
applications,
rigorous
evaluation
performance
clinical
settings
against
gold-standard
polysomnography
is
needed.
address
this
knowledge
gap,
we
investigated
how
measurements
three
commercially
available
ring
trackers
(Oura,
SleepOn,
Circul)
perform
university
lab
population
with
diverse
set
sleep-related
disorders
as
well
sleep-unrelated
conditions.
We
evaluated
individual-level
group-level
discrepancies
standard
measures
conducted
an
epoch-by-epoch
analysis
staging
classification
using
standardized
framework.
While
average
similar
(e.g.,
TST
differences
between
rings
gold
were
below
12
min
for
Oura
ring),
often
remained
large.
Ring-derived
metrics
characterized
by
complex
bias,
indicating
correction
non-trivial.
Sleep/Wake
distinction
SleepOn
reached
previously
reported
individuals
(~
85%
accuracy),
but
was
worse
Circul
65%
accuracy).
Sleep
stage
(Wake,
Light,
Deep,
REM
sleep)
sensitivity
ranged
from
0.14
(REM
ring)
to
0.58
(Light
ring).
Across
all
stages,
performed
similarly
(53.18%
50.48%
whereas
(35.06%
Our
findings
confirm
recent
descriptions
device-related
bias
additionally
uncover
practical
limitations
application
real-world
laboratory
patient
cohort.
Critically,
some
devices
may
demonstrate
reasonable
agreement
PSG
average,
masks
substantial
inaccuracies,
prohibiting
use
medicine,
accurate
assessment
individual
nights,
including
both
nights
exceptionally
low
or
high
quality
quantity,
essential
care.
BMJ Open,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
15(4), С. e098896 - e098896
Опубликована: Апрель 1, 2025
Evidence
links
night
shift
work
to
circadian
rhythm
disruption,
causing
hormonal
and
metabolic
alterations,
as
well
increased
risk
for
cardiovascular
disease
(CVD).
This
study
investigates
whether
affects
blood
glucose
variability
dysregulation,
potentially
driven
by
misalignment.
It
also
examines
such
disruptions
elevate
inflammatory
markers
involved
in
atherosclerosis
contribute
the
exacerbation
of
CVD
markers.
The
includes
60
participants:
rotating
workers
(day,
evening,
shifts)
day
(controls)
at
a
pharmaceutical
plant.
We
will
assess
effects
on
health
over
three
phases:
an
initial
6-week
observational
period
(phase
I),
baseline
registration
factors
II),
follow-up
assessment
2
years
III).
Phase
I
registrations
include
working
hours
derived
from
payroll
data,
sleep
metrics
OURA
ring
(actigraphy,
plethysmography
temperature),
continuous
assessments
using
monitor,
self-reported
food
diary
measurements
(monocyte
mRNA
expression).
In
phases
II
III,
inflammation,
lipids,
glycosylated
haemoglobin,
D-dimer,
clinical
examination
pressure,
resting
heart
rate,
arterial
stiffness
means
carotid
femoral
pulse
wave
velocity,
intima-media
thickness
maximal
oxygen
uptake
(V̇O2max)
are
measured.
To
this
end,
comprehensive
set
methods
be
used
prospective
manner
provide
new
knowledge
work-induced
regulation
factors.
All
participants
provided
written
informed
consent
prior
participating
study,
which
adhere
principles
outlined
Declaration
Helsinki.
Ethical
approval
has
been
granted
Norwegian
Regional
Committee
Medical
Research
Ethics
South-East
B
(reference
#
745702).
Dissemination
plans
academic
public
publications,
collaborations
with
national
regional
policy-makers.
International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Апрель 24, 2025
Sleep
is
critical
to
athlete
health
and
sport
performance.
Purpose
To
evaluate
the
relationship
between
objective
sleep
data
next-day
basketball
game
Methods
Collegiate
men
athletes
(n
=
4)
wore
smart
ring
trackers
night
before
games
22).
variables
included
hours
of
total
(TS),
rapid
eye
movement
duration
(RM),
deep
(DS),
heart
rate
variability
(HRV).
Game
performance
was
evaluated
using
field
goal
percentage
(FG%)
player
efficiency
(EFF).
Results
TS,
RM,
DS,
HRV
demonstrated
very
weak
relationships
with
FG%
(
p
>
0.05)
EFF
0.05).
Individual
analysis
revealed
one
exhibited
strong
moderate
correlations
for
TS-EFF
(r
0.67),
RS-EFF
0.41),
TS-FG%
0.51),
RM-FG%
0.67)
<
metrics
had
no
effect
on
(R
2
0.025)
0.053)
Conclusions
suggest
a
lack
group-level
associations
ring-measured
This
highlights
need
individualized
monitoring
rather
than
relying
solely
metrics.