Wearable Devices for Monitoring and Management of Comorbid Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Hypertension: Scoping Review
Hongyi Wang, Anran Cheng, Yusheng Li, Haining Zhang, Shun Fan, Rong Shen, Wei Zhang, Huanan Li, Jingui Wang · 2026
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Description
Wang and colleagues reviewed in 2026 how wearable devices are used to watch over patients who live with both obstructive sleep apnea and high blood pressure. Each condition worsens the other, and care rarely tracks both at once. Wearables promise steady night-time data without a sleep lab, but the evidence for this combined group was scattered.
The search across four databases ended with thirteen studies from nine countries, covering about fifty-six hundred participants. Devices ranged from wrist bands and fingertip sensors to patches and portable multi-signal monitors. Uses centered on screening and risk sorting, watching night blood pressure swings, and long-term remote follow-up. The authors warn that devices differ in standards, thresholds, and proof, so wearables should support, not replace, formal sleep studies and standard blood pressure checks for now.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Hongyi Wang, Anran Cheng, Yusheng Li, Haining Zhang, Shun Fan, Rong Shen, Wei Zhang, Huanan Li, Jingui Wang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 52 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |