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. 2023 Jul 15;13(14):2382. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics13142382
Benefits
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    Non-invasive determination.

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    Painless determination.

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    Allows continuous monitoring while wearing the watch.

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    Does not require continuous hospitalization.

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    Maintaining physical activity during the determination is encouraged depending on the patient’s status.

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    Allows the determination of several parameters (blood pressure, heart rate, heart rate variability, peripheral oxygen saturation, assessment of sleep quality, and physical activity).

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    Can be used in activities involving contact with water.

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    Can be used on a large scale by any patient.

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    Can locate patients with dementia thanks to the built-in GPS device.

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    User friendly.

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    Good price.

Disadvantages
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    An inadequate contact between the device and the skin can provide inadequate determinations [23].

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    Skin color, humidity, or tattoos can affect the accuracy of monitoring [26].

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    Underestimation of arrhythmias [27].

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    Ineffective determinations when patients are associated with arrhythmia [27].

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    They allow the identification of the electrocardiogram in a single derivation [28].