digital health study
The three-year investigation will use iPhones, Apple Watches and Beddit trackers to monitor sleep, physical activity, heart rate and other daily signs.
The research effort is a collaboration with nonprofit 4YouandMe, and will collect self-reported symptoms and wearables data from 300 high-risk participants.
Both efforts are employing popular consumer wearables and health trackers to spot potential cases of COVID-19 or other viral diseases as they begin.
Early data from the roughly 100,000-participant effort suggest infrequent social distancing and regional behavior disparities (as of March 15).
The study will use the smartphones, Apple Watches and a custom health engagement program to influence stroke risk and atrial fibrillation detection.
A recently published analysis of eight digital studies found a median dropoff of 5.5 days, as well as a predominantly young and white pool of participants.
From mobile ECGs to tele-rehabilitation to defibrillator delivery drones, a range of new data was on display at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2019.