Research Article
Health Telescope: System Design for Longitudinal Data Collection Using Mobile Applications
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-030-70569-5_10, author={Bas Willemse and Maurits Kaptein and Nikolaos Batalas and Fleur Hasaart}, title={Health Telescope: System Design for Longitudinal Data Collection Using Mobile Applications}, proceedings={Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare. 9th EAI International Conference, MobiHealth 2020, Virtual Event, November 19, 2020, Proceedings}, proceedings_a={MOBIHEALTH}, year={2021}, month={7}, keywords={eHealth mHealth Longitudinal data collection Interventional panel study Wearable research Technical guidelines}, doi={10.1007/978-3-030-70569-5_10} }- Bas Willemse
Maurits Kaptein
Nikolaos Batalas
Fleur Hasaart
Year: 2021
Health Telescope: System Design for Longitudinal Data Collection Using Mobile Applications
MOBIHEALTH
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-70569-5_10
Abstract
This paper describes the process of developing the technical infrastructure of the Health Telescope: an interventional panel study designed to measure the long term effects of eHealth usage. We describe the design and implementation of both the Health Telescope application—an Android application that allows us to interact with participants and obtain measurements—and the researcher authoring client—a web-based application that allows us to flexibly submit experience sampling tasks to participants. This paper serves as a blueprint for those wanting to study long-term behavioral change in the wild. The paper furthermore describes a pilot study that was conducted to evaluate the research software. We conclude with design guidelines aimed at those aiming to undertake a similar endeavor that are vital when developing similar software; this paper aims to highlight both the importance and challenges of measuring the effects of eHealth applications longitudinally.
