#118 - Apple Watches and Sleep Apnea: Watch It Now, Here It Comes

On September 16th, 2024, Apple announced their new sleep apnea detection feature for their Apple Watch device had received FDA approval for the detection of mild to moderate sleep apnea. While this is an exciting development in the consumer medical field. In this episode, there are some concerns about this technology. In this episode we will:

• Touch upon the numbers when it comes to sleep apnea
• Understand why there is a market for sleep apnea detection
• Describe the technology Apple uses to detect sleep apnea
• Review the concept of true positive, true negative, false positive, an false negative results and how they relate to the concepts of sensitivity and specificity.
• Compare the sensitivity of the Apple Watch to chance, home sleep testing, etc.
• Consider the ideal sleep apnea screening characteristics

Produced by: Maeve Winter

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