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Wearable smartwatch technology to monitor symptoms in advanced illness
  1. Amara Callistus Nwosu1,
  2. Christopher Quinn2,
  3. Jamie Samuels3,
  4. Stephen Mason1 and
  5. Terry R Payne4
  1. 1Palliative Care Institute, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
  2. 2Barrow Hall College, Warrington, UK
  3. 3St. Margaret’s Church of England Academy, Liverpool, UK
  4. 4Department of Computer Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Amara Callistus Nwosu, Palliative Care Institute, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK; anwosu{at}liverpool.ac.uk

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The development of sensor-based technologies has led to the creation of wearable health monitoring systems to provide real-time feedback information to support health.1 This technology has the potential to assist the monitoring and management of symptoms in advanced disease, such as pain management.2

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