New study shows how smart watches like the Apple Watch could detect COVID-19, but as of yet, there is no app that does.
The study, conducted by the Mount Sinai Health System Hospital Network in New York, shows how the Apple Watch can detect small changes in a user’s heart rate up to seven years before the first symptoms of COVID- 19 do not appear or take place. A test that later tests positive.
This study was conducted between April 29 and September 29 among 300 people working in the health system. Changes in heart rate were analyzed, in particular heart rate variability, which can indicate how a person’s immune system is working.
California Stanford University also conducted a similar study that included brands such as Garmin and Fitbit, as well as the Apple Watch. In this study, bracelets and watches were able to detect changes up to nine and a half days before the first symptoms appeared in a person who was subsequently detected with the coronavirus.
In total, two-thirds of COVID-19 cases could be detected between four and seven days before the first symptoms. This has since been reported CBS News.
It must be said that neither Apple nor any other manufacturer of bracelets aptitude
To monitor your oxygen level in the event of COVID, you will be interested in knowing how to measure oxygen saturation in blood with Apple Watch.
Original article published in MacWorld Sweden.
