Sneha Khedkar in The Scientist:
Whether people use them to check notifications in the office or track their workouts in the gym, devices like Fitbits and Oura rings have become a default part of daily wear. According to a recent survey, nearly 45 percent of Americans own wearables, giving them access to their health data at their fingertips—or wrists.1 Given this, researchers and clinicians hope to tap into the continuous data the devices collect to monitor the health of people with cancer.
“Because users tend to wear these 24/7, we really are able to get a glimpse into the 99 percent of patients’ lives when they are not in our clinical spaces in front of us,” said Carissa Low, a clinical health psychologist who studies management of physical and psychological symptoms during and after cancer treatment at the University of Pittsburgh. “We’re able to capture their behavior and physiology between clinical visits as they’re going about their usual daily routines,” said Low.
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