Dataset related to the article "Feasibility of remote home monitoring with a T-shirt wearable device in post-recovery COVID-19 patients"

Our study demonstrated that a postdischarge home monitoring program for COVID-19 patients is feasible and well tolerated. The L.I.F.E. T-shirt device was able to collect a full set of cardiorespiratory parameters (i.e. heart rate, a full ECG, respiratory rate, SpO2), both at rest and during brief exercise, which are valuable in patients suffering from respiratory diseases. As the medium-term and long-term consequences of COVID-19 infection are still unknown, implementing strategies of postrecovery monitoring are useful to identify patients at risk of clinical deterioration.7,8 Moreover, it could help to shorten hospital stays, a particularly desirable goal, given the lack of beds typically experienced during a pandemic crisis and, keeping people at home, it could mitigate the in-hospital transmission of COVID-19.7,8 In addition, despite the lack of a specific questionnaire on satisfaction and acceptance, telephone contact was performed on a daily basis to confirm that the study procedures were well tolerated, with most of the patients reporting feeling reassured by being monitored. Our population, as shown by baseline cardiorespiratory parameters, was at low risk of events. The full potential of this kind of home monitoring will not only be probably experienced in the clinical context of more severe COVID-19 patients but also in other clinical scenarios. Finally, given the small sample size, we were able to identify only one patient without any previous disease who presented post-COVID sleep apnea syndrome. Further studies are certainly needed to assess the prevalence and the clinical impact of this complication in post-COVID-19 patients.