Modern smartwatches can take on full-blown medical tools, claims a new research, published in the Sleep Health Journal.
, and compared them to medical-grade equipment when measuring obstructive sleep apnea.
The GW4 had an overall RMSE of 2.3% and negligible bias of -0.2%. A Bland-Altman density plot showed good agreement between the GW4 and the reference pulse oximeter.” Ninety-seven adults with sleep disturbances were enrolled in the study, and seven medical professionals conducted the testing. Another key finding was that wearing the Galaxy Watch 4 tight above the wrist bone improved the accuracy of the SpO2 measurements.Now, it’s worth mentioning that the whole study was conducted at Samsung Medical Center, it was also appointed by the Korean company, andpaid for the whole thing.
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