Setup of Consumer Wearable Devices for Exposure and Health Monitoring in Population Studies

Michanikou, Antonis; Kouis, Panayiotis; Karanicolas, Kostas; Yiallouros, Panayiotis Κ.

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“…The recordings of wearable GPS and activity sensors are coupled with the measurements collected from the air pollution samplers and the questionnaires to provide a much higher spatiotemporal accuracy for personal air pollution exposure and an estimate of the compliance to the intervention. To ensure minimal technical problems with the wearables and devices, as well as to facilitate the compliance of the participants, we maintain an extended support system characterised by frequent communication with participants and their families and implement simple and cost-effective setting adjustments to the device to ensure systematic activation of the data collection application at regular time intervals, increase battery duration and facilitate uninterrupted operation of smartwatch background process 28…”

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“…To ensure minimal technical problems with the wearables and devices, as well as to facilitate the compliance of the participants, we maintain an extended support system characterised by frequent communication with participants and their families and implement simple and cost-effective setting adjustments to the device to ensure systematic activation of the data collection application at regular time intervals, increase battery duration and facilitate uninterrupted operation of smartwatch background process. 28 Baseline and follow-up clinical assessments Eligible AF patients after screening are invited for a baseline clinical assessment, which includes detailed questions on sociodemographic characteristics, health symptoms, particularly heart arrhythmias symptoms, utilisation of medical care, medication history and household environmental characteristics, including tobacco smoke exposure. A baseline assessment of the AF/ventricular arrhythmia episodes is obtained after downloading relevant data from the participants' pacemakers or ICDs.…”

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MEDEA randomised intervention study protocol in Cyprus, Greece and Israel for mitigation of desert dust health effects in adults with atrial fibrillation

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IntroductionMediterranean countries experience frequent desert dust storm (DDS) events originating from neighbouring Sahara and Arabian deserts, which are associated with significant increase in mortality and hospital admissions, mostly from cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. Short-term exposure to ambient air pollution is considered as a trigger for symptomatic exacerbations of pre-existing paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) and other types of heart arrhythmia. The Mitigating the Health Effects of Desert Dust Storms Using Exposure-Reduction Approaches clinical randomised intervention study in adults with AF is funded by EU LIFE+programme to evaluate the efficacy of recommendations aiming to reduce exposure to desert dust and related heart arrhythmia effects.Methods and analysisThe study is performed in three heavily exposed to desert dust regions of the Eastern Mediterranean: Cyprus, Israel and Crete-Greece. Adults with paroxysmal AF and implanted pacemaker are recruited and randomised to three parallel groups: (a) no intervention, (b) interventions to reduce outdoor exposure to desert dust, (c) interventions to reduce both outdoor and indoor exposure to particulate matter during desert dust episodes. Eligible participants are enrolled on a web-based platform which communicates, alerts and makes exposure reduction recommendations during DDS events. Exposure changes are assessed by novel tools (smartwatches with Global Positioning System and physical activity sensors, air pollution samplers assessing air quality inside and outside participant’s homes, etc). Clinical outcomes include the AF burden expressed as the percentage of time with paroxysmal AF over the total study period, the incidence of ventricular arrhythmia episodes as recorded by the participants’ pacemakers or cardioverters/defibrillators and the disease-specific Atrial Fibrillation Effect on QualiTy-of-Life questionnaire.Ethics and disseminationLocal bioethics’ authorities approved the study at all sites, according to national legislations (Cyprus: National Bioethics Committee, Data Protection Commissioner and Ministry of Health; Greece, Scientific Committee and Governing Board of the University General Hospital of Heraklion; Israel: Institutional Review Board (‘Helsinki committee’) of the Soroka University Medical Center). The findings will be publicised in peer-reviewed scientific journals, in international conferences and in professional websites and newsletters. A summary of the results and participants’ interviews will be included in a documentary in English, Greek and Hebrew.Trial registration numberClinicalTrials.gov Identifier;NCT03503812.

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