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e-CoVig: a novel mHealth system for remote monitoring of symptoms in COVID-19

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dc.contributor.authorRaposo, Afonso
dc.contributor.authorMarques, Luis
dc.contributor.authorCorreia, Rafael
dc.contributor.authorMelo, Francisco
dc.contributor.authorValente, João
dc.contributor.authorPereira, Telmo
dc.contributor.authorRosario, Luis
dc.contributor.authorFroes, Filipe
dc.contributor.authorSanches, João
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Hugo Plácido da
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-30T13:19:15Z
dc.date.available2021-07-30T13:19:15Z
dc.date.issued2021-05-13
dc.description© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).pt_PT
dc.description.abstractIn 2019, a new virus, SARS-CoV-2, responsible for the COVID-19 disease, was discovered. Asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic patients were forced to quarantine and closely monitor their symptoms and vital signs, most of the time at home. This paper describes e-CoVig, a novel mHealth application, developed as an alternative to the current monitoring paradigm, where the patients are followed up by direct phone contact. The e-CoVig provides a set of functionalities for remote reporting of symptoms, vital signs, and other clinical information to the health services taking care of these patients. The application is designed to register and transmit the heart rate, blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), body temperature, respiration, and cough. The system features a mobile application, a web/cloud platform, and a low-cost specific device to acquire the temperature and SpO2. The architecture of the system is flexible and can be configured for different operation conditions. Current commercial devices, such as oximeters and thermometers, can also be used and read using the optical character recognition (OCR) functionality of the system. The data acquired at the mobile application are sent automatically to the web/cloud application and made available in real-time to the medical staff, enabling the follow-up of several users simultaneously without the need for time consuming phone call interactions. The system was already tested for its feasibility and a preliminary deployment was performed on a nursing home showing promising results.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) under the grants e-CoVig—Project 255_596880547, and LARSyS—Project UIDB/50009/2020, by FCT/MCTES through national funds and, when applicable, co-funded EU funds under the grant NICE-HOME—Project UIDB/50008/2020, and by the IT—Instituto de Telecomunicações under grant BI/No. 13—19 May 2020 “AIMHealth”, which is gratefully acknowledged.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.citationSensors (Basel). 2021 May 13;21(10):3397.pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/s21103397pt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn1424-8220
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/49230
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherMDPIpt_PT
dc.relationLaboratory of Robotics and Engineering Systems
dc.relationInstituto de Telecomunicações
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensorspt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectCOVID-19pt_PT
dc.subjectmHealthpt_PT
dc.subjectTelemedicinept_PT
dc.subjectPulse oximetrypt_PT
dc.subjectTemperaturept_PT
dc.titlee-CoVig: a novel mHealth system for remote monitoring of symptoms in COVID-19pt_PT
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oaire.citation.issue10pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)pt_PT
oaire.citation.volume21pt_PT
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project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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