Key metrics



Number of participants 205 subjects
Average age 58 years
Percentage men 63%
Total number of measurements 90,014
Median number of measurements / participant 200
Average number of measurements / participant 446
People with atrial fibrillation (AF) 113 (55.1%)
People with other cardiac arrhythmia’s 135 (65.9%)
Total number of heartbeats registered 6,087,394

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: 60.2
Avg age women: 55.8
Oldest male participant: 80.8
Oldest female participant: 85.8
Total number of participants: 205
Average age: 58 years
Participants >40 years: 91%
Participants >60 years : 53%
Country with most users: BE
Total countries: 25
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 10
History of Diabetes 13
History of Artery Disease 16
History of AF 81
History of hypertension 73
History of Stroke 12
Already takes a bloodthinner 72
Amount of filled in questionnaires 189
Amount of blank questionnaires 16

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: NA
Peak activation - Time (UTC): NA



Peak measurements (UTC): 8-10 PM
Total number of measurements received: 90014
Max number of tot. measurements / day: 285


Most compliant user (%): 12672%
Average number of measurements/user: 446
Average compliance (%): 743%


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: 113
Amount of people with other cardiac arrhythmia’s: 135
Average heart rate of non-AF people (bpm): NA
Average heart rate during AF (bpm): 82
Measurements with symptoms (%): 41%
AF-measurements with symptoms: 5432
Most common symptom: palpitations



Heart rhythm Frequency %
sinus 55213 61.3
atrial_fibrillation 11429 12.7
extrasystoles_isolated 9883 11.0
extrasystoles_frequent 3786 4.2
quality_to_low 3131 3.5
2251 2.5
extrasystoles_big_episode 1501 1.7
extrasystoles_trig_episode 1143 1.3
tachycardia 550 0.6
atrial_flutter 245 0.3
extrasystoles_bigminy 214 0.2
tachy_episode 204 0.2
brady_episode 132 0.1
bradycardia 94 0.1
extrasystoles_trigeminy 78 0.1
phone_incompatible 62 0.1
increased_hrv 54 0.1
dubious_rhythm 44 0.0






Symptoms Frequency %
no_symptoms 52950 58.8
NA 15564 17.3
palpitations 11836 13.1
other 3213 3.6
fatigue 2522 2.8
shortness_of_breath 1544 1.7
lightheaded 1234 1.4
chest_pains 1067 1.2
confused 84 0.1



Symptoms during sinus rhythms
Symptoms Frequency %
no_symptoms 16880 61.0
NA 5144 18.6
palpitations 2445 8.8
fatigue 941 3.4
other 881 3.2
shortness_of_breath 473 1.7
lightheaded 453 1.6
chest_pains 420 1.5
confused 38 0.1
Symptoms during non-AF rhythms
Symptoms Frequency %
no_symptoms 38300 58.4
NA 11095 16.9
palpitations 9347 14.2
other 2378 3.6
fatigue 1798 2.7
shortness_of_breath 1097 1.7
lightheaded 821 1.3
chest_pains 719 1.1
confused 56 0.1
Symptoms during AF rhythms
Symptoms Frequency %
no_symptoms 2998 51.4
palpitations 1423 24.4
NA 814 14.0
other 322 5.5
shortness_of_breath 135 2.3
fatigue 55 0.9
lightheaded 50 0.9
chest_pains 32 0.5
confused 4 0.1



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: 4.34%
Minimum % of insufficient quality: 0%
Maximum % of insufficient quality: 38.46%
Meas. attempts Percentage (%)
1 88.8
2 5.5
3 1.3
4 0.4
5 0.2
6 0.1
7 0.0
8 0.0
9 0.0
10 0.0
11 0.0
12 0.0
13 0.0
14 0.0
15 0.0
16 0.0
17 0.0
19 0.0
20 0.0
25 0.0
44 0.0
NA 3.5
Activity context Insufficient quality distribution (%)
sitting 54.3
sleeping 27.2
NA 9.1
standing 3.0
walking 2.6
exercising 1.9
other 1.9
resting 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.