August 30, 2023
The United States is in the midst of a maternal mortality and morbidity crisis. 2022 Report from the CDC It is reported that “more than 80% of maternal deaths.” [in the U.S.] Furthermore, the focus so far has been on prevention from the inpatient setting, leading to the avoidance of past prevention methods as the biggest cause of the crisis.
The report acknowledges that more than three-quarters of maternal deaths occur outside of delivery hospitalization, with mental health being the number one contributing factor. Therefore, new approaches are needed to prevent mortality and morbidity in women before and after childbirth, focusing on improving health status in the everyday environment. With technology at the forefront of solutions, Garmin was asked to provide the critical metrics needed to enhance the software created to mitigate this crisis.
Software as a preventive solution
Maternal health is an area where a more sensitive understanding of the current state of physiological systems, particularly their real-time responsiveness during pregnancy and the puerperium, can have significant long-term impact. This impact falls on everyone involved: the mother and, ultimately, the child. Recognizing this, her three organizations collaborated using metrics captured from her Garmin smart wearable to help identify maternal physiological distress before adverse events occur.
active activitiesA human achievement company, Academy of Prevention and Health Promotion Therapy (APHPT) has developed a seed challenge aimed at using aggregated wearable data systems (known as). CISRS) in underrepresented populations. Dr. Katherine Sylvester, a women’s health physical therapist, acquired the seed because she wanted to use the system with Black and Native American maternal and child health populations.she created operation mist CISRS also allows maternal physiological indicators to be remotely monitored from pregnancy to the postpartum period.
Tracking mother’s biometrics using Garmin wearables
Software developed by Pro-Activity collects data collected by Garmin vívosmart® 4, including Body Battery™, Stress Score, Sleep (Total and Quality), Intensity Minutes, Resting Heart Rate, VO2 max, Fitness Age, Pulse Rate, Steps, etc. aggregate metrics.in a clinically meaningful way to help detect physiological distress.1. Combined with expert guidance from Operation MIST’s telehealth aides, this software provides real-time health insights directly to mothers before they enter the health care system. If a woman’s data deviates from previously established baseline standards, a maternal health advocate will reach out to troubleshoot the discrepancies. Emotional stress, poor food choices, certain medications, and home and work environments can all influence stress. After troubleshooting possible causes and determining that the cause does not indicate a referral to a health care provider, Operation MIST’s maternal health advocates recommend solutions and connect women with personal and community resources. We provide. Once a resolution is initiated, it typically returns to baseline data. This means we can work with mother advocates to detect, investigate, reduce, and resolve maternal physiological stress before adverse maternal events occur.
Pro-Activity and APHPT chose to collaborate with Garmin on this project due to the suitability and relevance of the metrics collected by the vívosmart® 4, as well as the device’s battery life, longevity and robustness. Additionally, the combination of average cost and low profile of this device has made it a desirable choice among the maternal health population. Feedback from end users revealed that Garmin smart wearables are visually appealing and comfortable to wear 24 hours a day. Another advantage highlighted in participant feedback was that it was not uncomfortable to wear the Fitness Tracker while sleeping, as is the case with other health tracking devices.
Pro-Activity’s CISRS tracks long-term data and draws conclusions by comparing it to thresholds found to be relevant in previous rounds of research. There is complexity in each user’s data that makes it difficult to understand overall normal patterns, but once an individual baseline is established, the variance exceeds the normal fluctuations of an active life. The data is known to be quite clear in this case. Through data collected through Garmin vívosmart 4, Operation MIST has successfully prevented unnecessary medical costs and reduced poor outcomes due to gaps in care by intervening during periods of infection, preeclampsia, and low hemoglobin. states.
The future of Pro-Activity and Garmin
Following the success of this collaboration, Pro-Activity has several healthcare studies underway using Garmin-supported CISRS. These include tracking and monitoring the health of children with Marfan syndrome, helping patients with type 2 diabetes manage and improve their health, and tracking, monitoring, and predicting injury risks for employees within large manufacturing companies. Includes use of CISRS.
Want to learn more about related projects? Visit www.garmin.com/third-party-studies-overview For more information.
1See Garmin.com/atacurrency.
