When smartwatches contribute to health anxiety in patients with atrial fibrillation
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Landmark studies have demonstrated that wrist-worn wearable devices (eg, smartwatches, fitness bands) can provide potentially actionable data to improve real-time surveillance of respiratory diseases, such as influenza,1 and facilitate the detection of irregular heart rhythms.2 Although these tools undoubtedly will transform health care and energize scientific research, important ethical, legal, and social issues have been raised and require careful public deliberation.3 We have identified another aspect of the digital health revolution that has not yet received due attention: the unanticipated and potentially negative effects of wearable devices on patients’ psychological health, quality of life, and health care utilization.
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The constant flow of digital health information can motivate some individuals to engage in healthy behaviors, but may also inadvertently contribute to obsessive symptom monitoring, increased anxiety, and greater health care use in others.
“While the constant flow of digital health information can motivate some individuals to engage in healthy behaviors, these data may also inadvertently contribute to obsessive symptom monitoring, increased anxiety, and greater health care use in others.”
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- Authors
- Rosman, L., Gehi, A., & Lampert, R.
- Affiliations
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Yale University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Rosman, Lindsey
- Venue
- Cardiovascular Digital Health Journal
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-07
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 9-10
- ISSN
- 2666-6936 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC8357265
- OpenAlex
- W3080075835
- Cited by
- 61
- References
- 9
- Citations by year
- 2026: 18 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 18 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 2
- FWCI
- 4.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Update notices
- erratum (2021-04-01)
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Cardiovascular Digital Health Journal (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- UNC Libraries
- Funders
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Keywords
- smartwatches, wearable devices, atrial fibrillation, health anxiety, mental health, quality of life, health care utilization, digital health, patient surveillance
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