Digital technologies such as smartphones are transforming the way scientists conduct
biomedical research. Several remotely conducted studies have recruited thousands of …

Depression is a leading cause of disability worldwide, but is often underdiagnosed and
undertreated. Cognitive behavioural therapy holds that individuals with depression exhibit …

Importance The use of consumer-grade wearable devices for collecting data for biomedical
research may be associated with social determinants of health (SDoHs) linked to people's …

Objective Intensive ambulatory assessment, such as ecological momentary assessment
(EMA), is increasingly used to capture naturalistic patient-reported outcomes. EMA design …

Artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare aims to learn patterns in large multimodal datasets
within and across individuals. These patterns may either improve understanding of current …

Background: Smartphones are increasingly used in health research. They provide a
continuous connection between participants and researchers to monitor long-term health …

Background Digital health research repositories propose sharing longitudinal streams of
health records and personal sensing data between multiple projects and researchers …

Objectives: To identify the different ethical issues that should be considered in participatory
health through social media from different stakeholder perspectives (ie, patients/service …

Background Web-or app-based digital health studies allow for more efficient collection of
health data for research. However, remote recruitment into digital health studies can enroll …

Numerous studies have found that long term retention is very low in remote clinical studies
(> 4 weeks) and to date there is limited information on the best methods to ensure retention …