Wearables linked to ‘pathologic’ heart disease symptom monitoring - eviltoast

AFib patients using wearable devices are more likely to engage in high rates of symptom monitoring and experience anxiety than non-users, a study shows.

  • Jesus@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Correlation or causation?

    People that are more anxious about AFib might be more likely to buy a device to monitor it.

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      5 months ago

      I bought an Apple Watch for anything but fitness. If I happen to get a little anxiety, the watch will pipe up to mention something about my heart rate, and that usually just makes the anxiety worse.