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JMIR Form Res2021;5(12):e32165.December 10, 2021Journal Article

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

Sarah M Goodday1,2, Emma Karlin1, Alexandria Alfarano3, Alexa Brooks1, Carol Chapman1, Rachelle Desille1, Shazia Rangwala1, Daniel R Karlin1,4,5, Hoora Emami6, Nancy Fugate Woods7, Adrien Boch8, Luca Foschini8, Mackenzie Wildman8, Francesca Cormack9,10, Nick Taptiklis9, Abhishek Pratap11,12,13,14, Marzyeh Ghassemi12,15,16, Anna Goldenberg12,17,18,19, Sujay Nagaraj12,17, Elaine Walsh7, 1, Stephen Friend1,2
14YouandMe, Seattle, WA, United States.
2Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
3Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States.
4MindMed, New York, NY, United States.
5Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States.
6Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
7School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States.
8Evidation Health Inc, San Mateo, CA, United States.
9Cambridge Cognition, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
10Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
11Krembil Center for Neuroinformatics, Center for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada.
12Vector Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada.
13University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States.
14King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
15Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, MIT, Cambridge, MA, United States.
16Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT, Cambridge, MA, United States.
17The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
18Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
19Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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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.…

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