Impressions of Older Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases to Smart Devices for Heart Rhythm Monitoring

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia in the world and AF predominantly affects older individuals. Smart devices, including phones and watches, offer potential as mechanisms to detect AF and facilitate its treatment, but older individuals, as late-adopters of technology, may not perceive smart devices as easy or important to use. Our study focused on assessing impressions of smart devices for heart rhythm monitoring in ambulatory patients presenting to a cardiology practice.