The Application of Wearable Devices for Daily Health Monitoring

Abstract

In the context of the booming wearable device industry, wearable devices equipped with diverse biosensors have rapidly advanced, leveraging portability, real-time monitoring, and accurate detection. These diverse devices can measure multiple health data, achieving various monitoring goals. This paper focuses on categorizing and summarizing the application scenarios of three major types of wearable devices for daily health monitoring. Employing a literature review methodology, this research retrieved, screened, categorized, and summarized articles from academic websites such as CNKI and Web of Science, introducing the detection targets of wearable devices primarily utilizing optical sensors, piezoelectric sensors, and electrochemical sensors. The application scenarios are divided into daily monitoring for healthy individuals and those with chronic conditions, with detailed analyses based on specific scenarios such as sleep, exercise monitoring, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, Sleep Apnea Hypopnea Syndrome (SAHS), and fall prevention for the elderly. This research summarizes the advantages (portability, real-time monitoring, non-invasiveness) and limitations (accuracy improvement needed, susceptibility to environmental factors, individual differences neglected) of wearable devices. Finally, it outlines future directions for optimizing performance and user convenience, including intuitive diagnostic displays and aesthetic designs.