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.

  • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

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

    Well no shit—how can non-users engage in high rates of symptom monitoring if they don’t have symptom monitors?

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        5 months ago

        Elevated heart rate is a symptom, one that is quantifiable and monitorable.

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          “Tachycardia” is a sign. “Palpitations” or “heart racing” are symptoms. Signs are the objective things that can be measured and recorded as hard data. Symptoms are what the patient reports feeling that are not measurable. In taking a history and physical, the symptoms tell the physician what signs to look for.