Indicators of retention in remote digital health studies: a cross-study evaluation of 100,000 participants.

ABSTRACT: Digital technologies such as smartphones are transforming the way scientists conduct biomedical research. Several remotely conducted studies have recruited thousands of participants over a span of a few months allowing researchers to collect real-world data at scale and at a fraction of the cost of traditional research. Unfortunately, remote studies have been hampered by substantial participant attrition, calling into question the representativeness of the collected data including generalizability of outcomes. We report the findings regarding recruitment and retention from eight remote digital health studies conducted between 2014-2019 that provided individual-level study-app usage data from more than 100,000 participants completing nearly 3.5 million remote health evaluations over cumulat

SUBMITTER: Pratap A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7026051 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature