A qualitative study about seizure detection
Bachelorarbeit von Theresa Thobollik
0.5 - 1 % people worldwide suffer from a form of epilepsy. The disease can lead to unpredictable seizures. In my thesis I investigated, if smartwatches can be used to gather data about epileptic seizures and eventually detect and predict them.
Heart rate, blood oxygen and stress from an epileptic patient and a control person were collected for several days. The data from both subjects was compared and differences in the blood oxygen could be seen. During some seizures a change in blood oxygen, heart rate and stress was visible, though more research is necessary before reaching conclusions.