The Apple Watch is a lot of things and Apple has made sure the laptop stays behind in no category. However, the Apple Watch focuses a lot on health and fitness related features. Now, new studies by Mount Sinai Health System in New York and Stanford University in California have revealed that the Apple Watch and other smartwatches like Fitbit COVID-19 can predict positively ahead of time. This is something remarkable in such times. Let’s dive in to see more details on the topic.
Apple Watch and other smartwatches can help detect COVID-19 a week before symptoms begin to appear
The Apple Watch can detect COVID-19 a week before symptoms begin to appear, according to researchers at Mount Sinai. Apple’s portable has the ability to detect small changes in heart rate that could potentially lead to COVID-19. According to research, it can already be detected in seven days.
The Apple Watch measures the heart rate variability that measures the interval between each heart rate. However, the same criterion is also affected by inflammation in someone’s body. Henceforth, reading the inflammation and Covid may be similar. Covid users could see that their heart rate variability decreased, indicating that there was little variation between heart rates.
“We already knew that the change markers of the heartbeat change as inflammation develops in the body, and that Covid is an incredible inflammatory event,” Hirten told CBS MoneyWatch. “It allows us to predict that people are infected before they know it.”
The research is based on the discovery of 300 health workers who wore an Apple Watch between April 29 and September 29. Stanford University in California also conducted a study in which participants wore various smartwatches, including the Apple Watch, Fitbit and Garmin. The study revealed that 81 percent of participants had their hearing rate shot up more or less nine and a half days before the symptoms appeared. In addition, nearly two-thirds of cases were detected ranging from four to seven days before COVID-19 symptoms began to appear. This study was conducted with more than 5,000 participants.
Apple is constantly adding more features to the Apple Watch and it is also aimed at improving the fitness routines of the user. What do you think of the study? Share your thoughts with us in the comments.
News Source: CBS News