An Alternative to the Light Touch Digital Health Remote Study: The Stress and Recovery in Frontline COVID-19 Health Care Workers Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several app-based studies share similar characteristics of a light touch approach that recruit, enroll, and onboard via a smartphone app and attempt to minimize burden through low-friction active study tasks while emphasizing the collection of passive data with minimal human contact. However, engagement is a common challenge across these studies, reporting low retention and adherence.

Objective

This study aims to describe an alternative to a light touch digital health study that involved a participant-centric design including high friction app-based assessments, semicontinuous passive data from wearable sensors, and a digital engagement strategy centered on providing knowledge and support to participants.

Methods

The Stress and Recovery in Frontline COVID-1

SUBMITTER: Goodday SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8668021 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature