| Creators: |
Karthan, Maximilian and Martin, Robin and Holl, Felix and Swoboda, Walter and Kestler, Hans A. and Pryss, Rüdiger and Schobel, Johannes |
| Title: |
Enhancing mHealth data collection applications with sensing capabilities |
| Item Type: |
Article or issue of a publication series |
| Projects: |
DigiHealth |
| Journal or Series Title: |
Frontiers in Public Health |
| Additional Information: |
Open Access: This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY |
| Date: |
2022 |
| Divisions: |
Gesundheitsmanagement |
| Abstract (ENG): |
Smart mobile devices such as smartphones or tablets have become an important factor for collecting data in complex health scenarios (e.g., psychological studies, medical trials), and are more and more replacing traditional pen-and-paper instruments. However, simply digitizing such instruments does not yet realize the full potential of mobile devices: most modern smartphones have a variety of different sensor technologies (e.g., microphone, GPS data, camera, ...) that can also provide valuable data and potentially valuable insights for the medical purpose or the researcher. In this context, a significant development effort is required to integrate sensing capabilities into (existing) data collection applications. Developers may have to deal with platform-specific peculiarities (e.g., Android vs. iOS) or proprietary sensor data formats, resulting in unnecessary development effort to support researchers with such digital solutions. Therefore, a cross-platform mobile data collection framework has been developed to extend existing data collection applications with sensor capabilities and address the aforementioned challenges in the process. This framework will enable researchers to collect additional information from participants and environment, increasing the amount of data collected and drawing new insights from existing data. |
| Forthcoming: |
No |
| Language: |
English |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
sensors, mHealth, software architecture (SA), mobile data collection, smart mobile devices |
| Link eMedia: |
Download |
| Citation: |
Karthan, Maximilian and Martin, Robin and Holl, Felix and Swoboda, Walter and Kestler, Hans A. and Pryss, Rüdiger and Schobel, Johannes
(2022)
Enhancing mHealth data collection applications with sensing capabilities.
Frontiers in Public Health.
ISSN 2296-2565
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