Key metrics



Number of participants 204 subjects
Average age 54 years
Percentage men 47%
Total number of measurements 2,195
Median number of measurements / participant 7
Average number of measurements / participant 11
People with atrial fibrillation (AF) 7 (3.4%)
People with other cardiac arrhythmia’s 21 (10.3%)
Total number of heartbeats registered 158,875

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: 55.4
Avg age women: 53.3
Oldest male participant: 83.4
Oldest female participant: 92.2
Total number of participants: 204
Average age: 54 years
Participants >40 years: 78%
Participants >60 years : 41%
Country with most users: GB
Total countries: 6
Most popular device: Apple
Percentage iOS: 65%


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 5
History of Diabetes 24
History of Artery Disease 11
History of AF 12
History of hypertension 41
History of Stroke 5
Already takes a bloodthinner 24
Amount of filled in questionnaires 160
Amount of blank questionnaires 0

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: 2020-11-21
Peak activation - Time (UTC): 12



Peam measurements (UTC): 12-2 PM
Total number of measurements received: 2195
Max number of tot. measurements / day: 70


Most compliant user (%): 693%
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: 7
Amount of people with other cardiac arrhythmia’s: 21
Average heart rate of non-AF people (bpm): 72
Average heart rate during AF (bpm): 82
Measurements with symptoms (%): 37%
AF-measurements with symptoms: 10
Most common symptom: palpitations



Heart rhythm Frequency %
sinus 1749 79.7
quality_to_low 213 9.7
tachycardia 118 5.4
extrasystoles_frequent 62 2.8
atrial_fibrillation 25 1.1
extrasystoles_trig_episode 7 0.3
extrasystoles_big_episode 6 0.3
extrasystoles_isolated 4 0.2
tachy_episode 3 0.1
extrasystoles_trigeminy 2 0.1
increased_hrv 2 0.1
phone_incompatible 2 0.1
brady_episode 1 0.0
extrasystoles_bigminy 1 0.0






Symptoms Frequency %
no_symptoms 1386 63.1
palpitations 238 10.8
other 173 7.9
NA 141 6.4
lightheaded 81 3.7
shortness_of_breath 59 2.7
fatigue 54 2.5
chest_pains 42 1.9
confused 21 1.0



Symptoms during sinus rhythms
Symptoms Frequency %
no_symptoms 568 64.9
palpitations 84 9.6
other 71 8.1
NA 60 6.9
lightheaded 29 3.3
fatigue 22 2.5
chest_pains 19 2.2
shortness_of_breath 14 1.6
confused 8 0.9
Symptoms during non-AF rhythms
Symptoms Frequency %
no_symptoms 928 61.9
palpitations 163 10.9
other 122 8.1
NA 99 6.6
lightheaded 68 4.5
shortness_of_breath 47 3.1
fatigue 36 2.4
chest_pains 28 1.9
confused 9 0.6
Symptoms during AF rhythms
Symptoms Frequency %
no_symptoms 6 50.0
palpitations 3 25.0
NA 1 8.3
lightheaded 1 8.3
other 1 8.3



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: 7.79%
Minimum % of insufficient quality: 0%
Maximum % of insufficient quality: 66.67%
Meas. attempts Percentage (%)
0 0.2
1 77.5
2 7.8
3 1.6
4 0.7
5 0.4
6 0.1
9 0.0
NA 11.7
Activity context Insufficient quality distribution (%)
sitting 73.2
walking 9.9
standing 8.5
NA 6.6
exercising 0.9
sleeping 0.9
other 0.0

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.