RT Journal Article T1 Smart Vest for Respiratory Rate Monitoring of COPD Patients Based on Non-Contact Capacitive Sensing. A1 Naranjo-Hernández, David A1 Talaminos-Barroso, Alejandro A1 Reina-Tosina, Javier A1 Roa, Laura M A1 Barbarov-Rostan, Gerardo A1 Cejudo-Ramos, Pilar A1 Márquez-Martín, Eduardo A1 Ortega-Ruiz, Francisco K1 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) K1 Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) K1 capacitive sensing K1 respiratory rate K1 respiratory rehabilitation AB In this paper, a first approach to the design of a portable device for non-contact monitoring of respiratory rate by capacitive sensing is presented. The sensing system is integrated into a smart vest for an untethered, low-cost and comfortable breathing monitoring of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients during the rest period between respiratory rehabilitation exercises at home. To provide an extensible solution to the remote monitoring using this sensor and other devices, the design and preliminary development of an e-Health platform based on the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) paradigm is also presented. In order to validate the proposed solution, two quasi-experimental studies have been developed, comparing the estimations with respect to the golden standard. In a first study with healthy subjects, the mean value of the respiratory rate error, the standard deviation of the error and the correlation coefficient were 0.01 breaths per minute (bpm), 0.97 bpm and 0.995 (p YR 2018 FD 2018-07-03 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/12671 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/12671 LA en DS RISalud RD Apr 5, 2025