Have you ever thought ing a smart bracelet to detect Covid-19? According to an article published in the scientific journal BMJ Open, this is possible in AVA-branded devices, originally created to detect and monitor periods of fertility in women, allowing them to control their menstrual and ovulation calendars. 3n6a3n
In the article, the researchers state that they conducted a study in Europe with 1,16 participants, all aged 44 – an age group that, at the time, presented milder symptoms of the disease variants mapped at the time. In 68% of Covid-19 cases in these people, the brand's device showed changes in metabolism, two days before the first symptoms of the infection.
The authors of the research say that from the data collected by the device, along with the application of machine learning algorithms to infer and process the information, in the future it will be possible to accurately infer the infection with the disease before symptoms manifest – in the present. At the moment, however, the theory must undergo further testing before it is confirmed as a sufficiently effective method to detect Covid-19.
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According to the researchers, the signs that showed changes in the case of Covid-19 were heart rate, respiratory rate and pulse temperature - all characteristics already evaluated by the device to detect fertile periods in women. These changes were observed in the incubation, pre-symptomatic, symptomatic and recovery period of the disease responsible for the pandemic.
O gadgets AVA, through synchronization with the company's own monitoring application, also recorded any activity that could affect the results, such as the use of legal and illicit drugs and alcohol consumption, in addition to possible with other infected people. All participants during the duration of the research underwent rapid antigen tests to detect Covid-19, and in case of detection of symptoms they also performed PCR.
The search with the smartbands was performed between April 2020 and March 2021, with participants using the device overnight. In total, more than 1,5 million hours of data were collected by the devices, and all of them were verified along with the 66 diagnoses of the disease in the group – with 45 of them presenting the alterations that allowed the identification of the disease before the symptoms.
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O gadgets of the AVA brand was the first device to measure the fertile period of women to receive authorization from US organs to be officially sold in the country. Costing US$ 250 (about R$ 1,3, in the current conversion), the device takes measurements every 10 seconds. And for a more reliable result, it needs the to have slept at least four hours a day without interruption.
And although the gadgets was used in the study with positive results for the detection of Covid-19, the article ends by saying that more tests are needed to really prove the effectiveness of using this and other model as a health measure - which, in this context, considering the decrease of pandemic restrictions worldwide, research with greater scope can be carried out to solve this doubt, such as the one disclosed at the end of the scientific article being carried out in the Netherlands, involving about 20 thousand people.
Finally, it is important to note that 6 of the 28 researchers participating in the study published in the journal BMJ Open are employed by AVA, but the research itself was carried out independently of the device manufacturer.
In addition, even with the technology showing positive results, at the moment the main recommendation is still that s perform PCR tests in case of symptoms - after all, this is just an initial study of something that should be investigated and tested more carefully. in the future of medicine and prevention against the disease that has been making the world go through such a difficult phase.
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Source: BMJ Open
