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Real time monitoring of respiratory viral infections in cohort studies using a smartphone app

Cohort studies investigating respiratory disease pathogenesis aim to pair mechanistic investigations with longitudinal virus detection but are limited by the burden of methods tracking illness over time. In this study, we explored the utility of a purpose-built AERIAL TempTracker smartphone app to assess real-time data collection and adherence monitoring and overall burden to participants, while identifying symptomatic respiratory illnesses in two birth cohort studies.

Citation:
Hancock DG, Kicic-Starcevich E, Sondag T, Rivers R, McGee K, Karpievitch YV, D'Vaz N, Agudelo-Romero P, Caparros-Martin JA, Iosifidis T, Kicic A, Stick SM. Real time monitoring of respiratory viral infections in cohort studies using a smartphone app. iScience. 2024;27(10).

Keywords:
Health sciences; Health technology; Immunology; Medical specialty; Medicine; Public health; Respiratory medicine

Abstract:
Cohort studies investigating respiratory disease pathogenesis aim to pair mechanistic investigations with longitudinal virus detection but are limited by the burden of methods tracking illness over time. In this study, we explored the utility of a purpose-built AERIAL TempTracker smartphone app to assess real-time data collection and adherence monitoring and overall burden to participants, while identifying symptomatic respiratory illnesses in two birth cohort studies.