Table 2.
Pain/discomfort and exertion scores per device, body part, and activity by using Borg CR-10 scale [23].
| Device | Pulse oximeters | Chest patches | |||||||
| AP-20 | Checkme O2+ | Nonin | PC68-B | Wavelet | Peerbridge Cor | VitalPatch | |||
| Median pain/discomfort score per body parta (IQR) | 3.00 (5.00) | 1.50 (2.38) | 3.50 (2.50) | 3.00 (2.50) | 0.75 (0.50) | 2.00 (6.00) | 1.00 (0.88) | ||
| Median exertion score per activity | |||||||||
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Walking | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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Eating | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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Drinking | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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Dressing | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
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Writing | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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Using phone/tablet | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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Reading | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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Hand washing | 9 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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Sleeping | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
aFor the pulse oximeters, the body part of interest was the nondominant wrist and for the chest patches, it was the chest.