Author: user

Health on the Move (HOME) Study: Using a smartphone app to explore the health of migrants in the United Kingdom Background In 2018, 14% of the people living in the UK were born abroad, yet we have a limited understanding of their …

Mobile health (mHealth) continuous remote monitoring techniques can be used to provide a detailed characterisation of a person’s physiology, environment, quality-of-life, and functional level with minimal burden using smart phones and consumer wearable devices. Biosignals, including heart rate, blood oxygen saturation, respiration rate, sleep, exercise, fatigue …

The UNFOLD study aims to identify the processes involved in developing an identity as a ‘person in recovery’, and how recovery from mental ill-health may ‘unfold’ over time. It is funded by the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre. To date, almost all empirical …

ADHD Remote Technology (ART) Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder that persists into adulthood in a significant proportion of individuals clinically diagnosed in childhood. The prevalence of ADHD among adults is 3-4% worldwide. The disorder is diagnosed based on impairing levels …

AIMS-2-TRIALS is a research programme that will investigate the biology of autism to tailor treatments and develop new therapies and medicines. AIMS-2-TRIALS stands for Autism Innovative Medicine Studies-2-Trials. It began in June 2018 and will run until May 2023. The research programme includes …

CONVALESCENCE is an NIHR funded study into the characterisation, determinants, mechanisms and consequences of the long-term effects of COVID-19: providing the evidence base for health care services. Lead Applicant Professor Nishi ChaturvediHost Organisation University College London n=800 Data Sources: Covid Collab MassSCI …

The epilepsy studies are running in University hospitals in the UK and in Germany. Goal of those pilot studies is the evaluation of wearable device data for passive remote monitoring of patients in an hospital epilepsy monitoring unit (EMU). The RADAR-base Android application, captures …

DynaMORE aims to promote stress resilience and improve mental health and well-being in the face of adversity. A joint goal of developing an in silico model of stress resilience. To do so, we monitor healthy at-risk individuals (18+ years old) during stressful life phases, …

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a condition in which the body’s immune system has an abnormal reaction to the central nervous system (CNS, made up of the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves). The immune system attacks elements of the CNS, disrupting the …

RATE-AF is an National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funded study designed to compare two strategies of rate-control, based either on initial treatment with digoxin or beta-blockers in 160 patients with Atrial fibrillation (AF) in need for rate-control therapy. Monitoring with wearable …