Desenvolvimento e validação de um dispositivo vestível de monitoramento fisiológico para plataformas e-health

Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death for the population, and hypertension is one of the related risk factors. Heart rate monitoring is an important practice in this context, and wearable devices, such as bracelets and watches, provide this kind of control. With this in mind, this work aims to develop and validate a wearable health device for physiological monitoring and communicating with e-Health platforms using wireless network. We used the e-LifeStyle platform as a case study, a solution that integrates and remotely monitors Hypertensive patients, through mobile applications and a web server, available for healthcare professionals. Our wearable device showed a stable connection with the mobile app, the collected heart rate values presented a relative error of 6.5% in comparison with commercial devices, and a pilot study evaluated it as comfortable. We also highlighted the development of communication libraries, which can be used in other projects considering filters and formulas to obtain heart rate data.