Use of Physiological Data From a Wearable Device to Identify SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Symptoms and Predict COVID-19 Diagnosis: Observational Study

• Published in: Journal of medical Internet research Vol. 23; no. 2; p. e26107
• Main Authors: Hirten, Robert P, Danieletto, Matteo, Tomalin, Lewis, Choi, Katie Hyewon, Zweig, Micol, Golden, Eddye, Kaur, Sparshdeep, Helmus, Drew, Biello, Anthony, Pyzik, Renata, Charney, Alexander, Miotto, Riccardo, Glicksberg, Benjamin S, Levin, Matthew, Nabeel, Ismail, Aberg, Judith, Reich, David, Charney, Dennis, Bottinger, Erwin P, Keefer, Laurie, Suarez-Farinas, Mayte, Nadkarni, Girish N, Fayad, Zahi A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada Gunther Eysenbach MD MPH, Associate Professor 22.02.2021; JMIR Publications
• Subjects: Adult; Asymptomatic; Autonomic nervous system; Between-subjects design; Central nervous system; Chemical analysis; Circadian rhythm; Circadian Rhythm - physiology; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - diagnosis; COVID-19 - physiopathology; COVID-19 - virology; COVID-19 Testing - methods; Diagnostic tests; Disease transmission; Female; Health care; Health Personnel; Heart rate; Heart Rate - physiology; Humans; Hypothesis testing; Infections; Male; Medical diagnosis; Medical personnel; Multimedia; Nervous system; Observational studies; Original Paper; Physiology; Predictions; Questionnaires; SARS-CoV-2 - genetics; SARS-CoV-2 - isolation & purification; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Smartphones; Symptoms; Wearable computers; Wearable Electronic Devices; Workers; app; observational; wearable; data; diagnosis; COVID-19; wearable device; symptom; identification; heart rate variability; infectious disease; prediction; physiological

Changes in autonomic nervous system function, characterized by heart rate variability (HRV), have been associated with infection and observed prior to its clinical identification. We performed an evaluation of HRV collected by a wearable device to identify and predict COVID-19 and its related sympto...