Key metrics



Number of participants 893 subjects
Average age 64 years
Percentage men 38%
Total number of measurements 9,705
Median number of measurements / participant 11
Average number of measurements / participant 12
People with atrial fibrillation (AF) 21 (2.4%)
People with other cardiac arrhythmia’s 115 (12.9%)
Total number of heartbeats registered 626,842

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: 67.4
Avg age women: 61.4
Oldest male participant: 87.8
Oldest female participant: 90.8
Total number of participants: 893
Average age: 64 years
Participants >40 years: 95%
Participants >60 years : 69%
Country with most users: BE
Total countries: 7
Most popular device: samsung
Percentage iOS: 33%


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 73
History of Diabetes 91
History of Artery Disease 130
History of AF 105
History of hypertension 462
History of Stroke 85
Already takes a bloodthinner 268
Amount of filled in questionnaires 803
Amount of blank questionnaires 90

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: 2021-08-14
Peak activation - Time (UTC): 10



Peam measurements (UTC): 12-2 PM
Total number of measurements received: 9705
Max number of tot. measurements / day: 364


Most compliant user (%): 443%
Average number of measurements/user: 12
Average compliance (%): 89%


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: 21
Amount of people with other cardiac arrhythmia’s: 115
Average heart rate of non-AF people (bpm): 64
Average heart rate during AF (bpm): 75
Measurements with symptoms (%): 24%
AF-measurements with symptoms: 37
Most common symptom: fatigue



Heart rhythm Frequency %
sinus 6988 72.0
extrasystoles_isolated 1342 13.8
quality_to_low 738 7.6
extrasystoles_frequent 351 3.6
atrial_fibrillation 92 0.9
extrasystoles_big_episode 53 0.5
tachycardia 43 0.4
extrasystoles_trig_episode 35 0.4
extrasystoles_bigminy 19 0.2
increased_hrv 11 0.1
atrial_flutter 9 0.1
phone_incompatible 9 0.1
extrasystoles_trigeminy 7 0.1
tachy_episode 4 0.0
brady_episode 2 0.0
bradycardia 2 0.0






Symptoms Frequency %
no_symptoms 7357 75.8
fatigue 665 6.9
NA 580 6.0
palpitations 537 5.5
shortness_of_breath 205 2.1
other 146 1.5
lightheaded 122 1.3
chest_pains 86 0.9
confused 7 0.1



Symptoms during sinus rhythms
Symptoms Frequency %
no_symptoms 2758 78.4
fatigue 236 6.7
NA 217 6.2
palpitations 115 3.3
shortness_of_breath 73 2.1
other 48 1.4
chest_pains 37 1.1
lightheaded 32 0.9
confused 3 0.1
Symptoms during non-AF rhythms
Symptoms Frequency %
no_symptoms 5216 75.2
fatigue 458 6.6
NA 424 6.1
palpitations 413 6.0
shortness_of_breath 156 2.3
other 107 1.5
lightheaded 91 1.3
chest_pains 62 0.9
confused 5 0.1
Symptoms during AF rhythms
Symptoms Frequency %
no_symptoms 27 54
palpitations 11 22
fatigue 6 12
NA 2 4
lightheaded 2 4
shortness_of_breath 2 4



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: 7.5%
Minimum % of insufficient quality: 0%
Maximum % of insufficient quality: 100%
Meas. attempts Percentage (%)
1 79.9
2 5.9
3 1.5
4 0.5
5 0.1
6 0.0
8 0.0
9 0.0
NA 12.0
Activity context Insufficient quality distribution (%)
sitting 75.5
standing 9.1
NA 6.5
walking 4.6
other 1.9
exercising 1.6
sleeping 0.8

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.