2024 Volume 23 Issue 2 Pages 153-159
In this study, wearable devices and web systems that can be worn on the abdomen (underneath clothing) during sleep were developed and applied for menstrual cycle management through the continuous measurement and collection of body surface temperatures. The average body temperature was calculated using data collected from 7,543 normal menstrual cycles with a duration of 25-38 days, over a period of approximately 200,000 days. In all cases, the average value of body surface temperature was lower than the average value of oral temperature; however, the differences between the body surface and oral temperatures of the two menstrual cycle phases were 0.40°C and 0.32°C, respectively. As a result, all age groups showed similar duration of the high-temperature phase, that was 12-13 days. Thus, this study demonstrated that menstrual cycles could be monitored via measurements using a wearable device attached to the abdomen.
