Mount Sinai publishes findings from its ResearchKit-based asthma studyMount Sinai has published its first large-scale study to utilize Apple's ResearchKit framework.
Mount Sinai has published its Asthma Mobile Health Study, its first large-scale clinical observational study to utilize ResearchKit, Apple's framework for conducting medical studies using an iPhone. The study, published in Nature Biotechnology, collected data from 7,593 participants.
The study compared its data with that of existing studies to make sure the self-reported data was reliable.
The study included regular surveys to understand how asthma patients were affected by and treating their condition over time. A total of 7,593 people completed the electronic informed consent process and enrolled in the study. Eighty-five percent of them completed at least one survey, with a core group of 2,317 robust users who filled out multiple surveys during the course of the six-month study. Results were compared to existing asthma patient studies and to external factors as a control for ...
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Mount Sinai publishes findings from its ResearchKit-based asthma study
