Key metrics



Number of participants 293 subjects
Average age 48 years
Percentage men 51%
Total number of measurements 3,127
Median number of measurements / participant 7
Average number of measurements / participant 11
People with atrial fibrillation (AF) 12 (4.1%)
People with other cardiac arrhythmia’s 24 (8.2%)
Total number of heartbeats registered 224,505

Demography



The following section addresses data related to the background of the enrolled participants. Data is coming from the gender, the registered age, the country of origin and the type of smartphone the user is handling.

Avg age man: 49.9
Avg age women: 46.5
Oldest male participant: 77.2
Oldest female participant: 85.0
Total number of participants: 293
Average age: 48 years
Participants >40 years: 73%
Participants >60 years : 21%
Country with most users: BA
Total countries: 8
Most popular device: samsung
Percentage iOS: 16%


MEDICAL HISTORY

When users have performed their first measurement they are prompted with a screen that allows them to enter a questionnaire. This questionnaire consists of a set of questions that relate to cardiovascular risk factors. The questionnaire is optional and participants can skip these questions if they want. The table below shows a high-level overview of the cardiovascular risk profile of this population.


History of Heart Failure 21
History of Diabetes 18
History of Artery Disease 33
History of AF 23
History of hypertension 84
History of Stroke 12
Already takes a bloodthinner 74
Amount of filled in questionnaires 241
Amount of blank questionnaires 52

Enrollment

The following data provides insight in the enrollment details of the population. This is relevant information to identify peak moments when participants activated their subscription.
Peak activation - day: 2020-12-19
Peak activation - Time (UTC): 11



Peam measurements (UTC): 12-2 PM
Total number of measurements received: 3127
Max number of tot. measurements / day: 66


Most compliant user (%): 1414%
Average number of measurements/user: 11
Average compliance (%): 81%


Diagnostics



This section will cover the findings based on heart rhythm disorders. The table on the left represents the amount of measurements received and the corresponding confirmation of heart rhythms indicated by the FibriCheck Telemonitoring Center. The table on the right represents the findings of symptoms throughout all measurements.



Amount of people with Atrial Fibrillation: 12
Amount of people with other cardiac arrhythmia’s: 24
Average heart rate of non-AF people (bpm): 71
Average heart rate during AF (bpm): 78
Measurements with symptoms (%): 36%
AF-measurements with symptoms: 79
Most common symptom: palpitations



Heart rhythm Frequency %
sinus 2695 86.2
atrial_fibrillation 164 5.2
quality_to_low 146 4.7
extrasystoles_frequent 47 1.5
tachycardia 34 1.1
extrasystoles_big_episode 18 0.6
extrasystoles_trig_episode 10 0.3
extrasystoles_isolated 4 0.1
phone_incompatible 3 0.1
increased_hrv 2 0.1
brady_episode 1 0.0
bradycardia 1 0.0
extrasystoles_bigminy 1 0.0
extrasystoles_trigeminy 1 0.0






Symptoms Frequency %
no_symptoms 1996 63.8
NA 702 22.4
palpitations 107 3.4
shortness_of_breath 87 2.8
other 85 2.7
chest_pains 53 1.7
fatigue 39 1.2
confused 33 1.1
lightheaded 25 0.8



Symptoms during sinus rhythms
Symptoms Frequency %
no_symptoms 859 63.9
NA 339 25.2
palpitations 40 3.0
shortness_of_breath 33 2.5
chest_pains 22 1.6
other 21 1.6
fatigue 13 1.0
confused 9 0.7
lightheaded 9 0.7
Symptoms during non-AF rhythms
Symptoms Frequency %
no_symptoms 1277 63.3
NA 451 22.4
palpitations 74 3.7
other 63 3.1
shortness_of_breath 56 2.8
chest_pains 36 1.8
confused 23 1.1
fatigue 20 1.0
lightheaded 17 0.8
Symptoms during AF rhythms
Symptoms Frequency %
no_symptoms 43 53.1
other 14 17.3
NA 9 11.1
shortness_of_breath 6 7.4
lightheaded 3 3.7
fatigue 2 2.5
palpitations 2 2.5
chest_pains 1 1.2
confused 1 1.2



Signal Quality Analysis



When people are using FibriCheck there is an important element related to the usability of the application. The measurements conducted with the smartphone are sensitive to possible sources of noise. If this occurs the signals cannot be analysed for diagnostic purposes. On average the insufficient quality range on a population is around 10%. The results obtained in this project can be found in the table on the left. The table in the middle represents how easy it was for users to conduct a measurement. The attempts reflect how many times a measurement was restarted by the user before it was succesful. On average a number of 85% is observed. A possible reason for insufficient quality could be related to the contextual information. The table on the right illustrtes the relation between the total amount of insufficient singal quality compared to the context activity the users indicated when the measurement was conducted.

Average % of insufficient quality: 6.19%
Minimum % of insufficient quality: 0%
Maximum % of insufficient quality: 100%
Meas. attempts Percentage (%)
1 89.1
2 6.7
3 1.3
4 0.4
5 0.1
6 0.1
NA 2.3
Activity context Insufficient quality distribution (%)
sitting 63.7
NA 13.7
standing 6.8
walking 6.2
sleeping 4.1
other 3.4
exercising 2.1

Rhythm recordings



These graphs highlight some of the use cases identified in this project. The graphs represent the all the measurement data from a subject and visualised on timeline (days). The y-axis reflects the heart-rate of each measurement and the color reflects the corresponding heart rhythm. Green indicates a regular heart rhythm, yellow indicates unclassified heart rhythms (typically ectopic heart beats), red illustrates possible atrial fibrillation findings and blue indicates measurements of insufficient signal quality.