Finding Correlations Between Asthma Exacerbation, Physiological Measurements and Environmental Factors

Description

To identify asthma-related physiological changes observed by wearable devices in real-world conditions by monitor multiple sensing modalities (e.g., heart rate (HR), heart rate variability (HRV), activity level, spirometry, coughing sounds) in order to find reliable signatures of impending asthma exacerbation and systematically explore any challenges on the use of wearable technologies.

Conditions

Asthma

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Study overview

To identify asthma-related physiological changes observed by wearable devices in real-world conditions by monitor multiple sensing modalities (e.g., heart rate (HR), heart rate variability (HRV), activity level, spirometry, coughing sounds) in order to find reliable signatures of impending asthma exacerbation and systematically explore any challenges on the use of wearable technologies.

Finding Correlations Between Asthma Exacerbation, Physiological Measurements and Environmental Factors

Finding Correlations Between Asthma Exacerbation, Physiological Measurements and Environmental Factors

Condition
Asthma
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Raleigh

UNC Children's Raleigh Clinic, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, 27607

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Adolescents (14-18 years old) with asthma will be included.
  • * Participants will have to be diagnosed with persistent asthma (as characterized in their UNC health record) that is poorly controlled since this is the focus of the study. They will be identified as eligible for inclusion by the UNC Coordinator partner. However, they should not have any other lung disease other than asthma. They should not be taking any oral steroids every day to control their asthma. They should not need to use their asthma rescue medication multiple times a day to help with their asthma symptoms. They should not have experienced wheezing brought on when performing a lung function test.
  • * Participants should have Wireless Internet access at their homes
  • * Individuals with COVID-19 symptoms will be automatically excluded due to their clinical screening prior to their clinic visit. However, if a participant contracts COVID-19 during the study, they will be encouraged to continue participating since all interactions will be remote after the first clinical screening.
  • * Adolescents should be able to use a iOS device (provided by the researchers) and the devices (with assistance from parents when appropriate) for data collection efforts. They cannot participate in this study if they don't feel comfortable with operating the multiple devices including the iOS device. The iOS device can only be used for the purposes of this study. The iOS device will be restricted by enabling Parental Control Settings accessible only to the researchers.
  • * The participation of an adolescent may be terminated by the investigator if they do not follow the guidelines for the study, including using the devices as instructed or participating in the interviews and weekly surveys. Also, the monthly renewal for the participation of the study (up to 4 months) will be decided by the investigators on a month-by-month basis given that the participant also agrees to continue in the study.
  • * Individuals with physical challenges are allowed to be incidentally included as long as they satisfy all the previous criteria.
  • * none listed

Ages Eligible for Study

14 Years to 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

North Carolina State University,

Study Record Dates

2024-12