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Corona Health—A Study- and Sensor-Based Mobile App Platform Exploring Aspects of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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  • Felix Beierle

    (Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany)

  • Johannes Schobel

    (DigiHealth Institute, Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences, 89231 Neu-Ulm, Germany)

  • Carsten Vogel

    (Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany)

  • Johannes Allgaier

    (Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany)

  • Lena Mulansky

    (Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany)

  • Fabian Haug

    (Institute of Databases and Information Systems, Ulm University, 89081 Ulm, Germany)

  • Julian Haug

    (Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany)

  • Winfried Schlee

    (Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany)

  • Marc Holfelder

    (LA2 GmbH, 91054 Erlangen, Germany)

  • Michael Stach

    (Institute of Databases and Information Systems, Ulm University, 89081 Ulm, Germany)

  • Marc Schickler

    (Institute of Databases and Information Systems, Ulm University, 89081 Ulm, Germany)

  • Harald Baumeister

    (Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Ulm University, 89081 Ulm, Germany)

  • Caroline Cohrdes

    (Mental Health Research Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Robert Koch Institute, 12101 Berlin, Germany)

  • Jürgen Deckert

    (Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Center of Mental Health, University Hospital Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany)

  • Lorenz Deserno

    (Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Hospital Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany)

  • Johanna-Sophie Edler

    (Mental Health Research Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Robert Koch Institute, 12101 Berlin, Germany)

  • Felizitas A. Eichner

    (Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany)

  • Helmut Greger

    (Service Center Medical Informatics, University Hospital Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany)

  • Grit Hein

    (Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Center of Mental Health, University Hospital Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany)

  • Peter Heuschmann

    (Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany)

  • Dennis John

    (Lutheran University of Applied Sciences Nürnberg, 90429 Nürnberg, Germany)

  • Hans A. Kestler

    (Institute of Medical Systems Biology, Ulm University, 89081 Ulm, Germany)

  • Dagmar Krefting

    (Department of Medical Informatics, University Medical Center Göttingen, 37075 Göttingen, Germany)

  • Berthold Langguth

    (Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany)

  • Patrick Meybohm

    (Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care, Emergency and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany)

  • Thomas Probst

    (Department for Psychotherapy and Biopsychosocial Health, Danube University Krems, 3500 Krems, Austria)

  • Manfred Reichert

    (Institute of Databases and Information Systems, Ulm University, 89081 Ulm, Germany)

  • Marcel Romanos

    (Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Hospital Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany)

  • Stefan Störk

    (Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University and University Hospital Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
    Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany)

  • Yannik Terhorst

    (Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Ulm University, 89081 Ulm, Germany)

  • Martin Weiß

    (Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Center of Mental Health, University Hospital Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany)

  • Rüdiger Pryss

    (Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany)

Abstract

Physical and mental well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic is typically assessed via surveys, which might make it difficult to conduct longitudinal studies and might lead to data suffering from recall bias. Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) driven smartphone apps can help alleviate such issues, allowing for in situ recordings. Implementing such an app is not trivial, necessitates strict regulatory and legal requirements, and requires short development cycles to appropriately react to abrupt changes in the pandemic. Based on an existing app framework, we developed Corona Health, an app that serves as a platform for deploying questionnaire-based studies in combination with recordings of mobile sensors. In this paper, we present the technical details of Corona Health and provide first insights into the collected data. Through collaborative efforts from experts from public health, medicine, psychology, and computer science, we released Corona Health publicly on Google Play and the Apple App Store (in July 2020) in eight languages and attracted 7290 installations so far. Currently, five studies related to physical and mental well-being are deployed and 17,241 questionnaires have been filled out. Corona Health proves to be a viable tool for conducting research related to the COVID-19 pandemic and can serve as a blueprint for future EMA-based studies. The data we collected will substantially improve our knowledge on mental and physical health states, traits and trajectories as well as its risk and protective factors over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic and its diverse prevention measures.

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  • Felix Beierle & Johannes Schobel & Carsten Vogel & Johannes Allgaier & Lena Mulansky & Fabian Haug & Julian Haug & Winfried Schlee & Marc Holfelder & Michael Stach & Marc Schickler & Harald Baumeister, 2021. "Corona Health—A Study- and Sensor-Based Mobile App Platform Exploring Aspects of the COVID-19 Pandemic," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(14), pages 1-19, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:14:p:7395-:d:592148
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