Design, deployment, and usability of a mobile system for cardiovascular health monitoring within the electronic Framingham Heart Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The electronic Framingham Heart Study (eFHS) is an ongoing nested study, which includes FHS study participants, examining associations between health data from mobile devices with cardiovascular risk factors and disease.

Objective

To describe application (app) design, report user characteristics, and describe usability and survey response rates.

Methods

Eligible FHS participants were consented and offered a smartwatch (Apple Watch), a digital blood pressure (BP) cuff, and the eFHS smartphone app for administering surveys remotely. We assessed usability of the new app using 2 domains (functionality, aesthetics) of the Mobile App Rating Scale (MARS) and assessed survey completion rates at baseline and 3 months.

Results

A total of 196 participants were

SUBMITTER: Ding EY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8890046 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature