MyPectus: First-in-human pilot study of remote compliance monitoring of teens using dynamic compression bracing to correct pectus carinatum

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• 作者：Brittany Harrison^a ; ^{Brittany.harrison@ucsf.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Lily Stern^a ; Philip Chung^a ; Mozziyar Etemadi^a ; Dillon Kwiat^a ; Shuvo Roy^a ; Michael R. Harrison^a ; Marcelo Martinez-Ferro^b
• 关键词：Compliance ; Pectus ; Adherence ; Technology ; Mobile ; Orthotics
• 刊名：Journal of Pediatric Surgery
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：April 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：51
• 期：4
• 页码：608-611
• 全文大小：428 K

文摘

Patient compliance is a crucial determinant of outcomes in treatments involving medical braces, such as dynamic compression therapy for pectus carinatum (PC). We performed a pilot study to assess a novel, wireless, real-time monitoring system (MyPectus) to address noncompliance.

Methods

Eight patients (10–16 years old) with moderately severe PC deformities underwent bracing. Each patient received a data logger device inserted in the compression brace to sense temperature and pressure. The data were transmitted via Bluetooth 4.0 to an iOS smartphone app, then synced to cloud-based storage, and presented to the clinician on a web-based dashboard. Patients received points for brace usage on the app throughout the 4-week study, and completed a survey to capture patient-reported usage patterns.

Results

In all 8 patients, the data logger sensed and recorded data, which connected through all MyPectus system components. There were occasional lapses in data collection because of technical difficulties, such as limited storage capacity. Patients reported positive feedback regarding points.

Conclusions

The components of the MyPectus system recorded, stored, and provided data to patients and clinicians. The MyPectus system will inform clinicians about issues related to noncompliance: discrepancy between patient-reported and sensor-reported data regarding brace usage; real-time, actionable information; and patient motivation.