SaWD-Health
Research type
Research Database
IRAS ID
337916
Contact name
Tim Chico
Contact email
Research summary
THE SMARTPHONE AND WEARABLE DATA FOR HEALTH RESEARCH DATABASE
REC name
East of England - Cambridge East Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
25/EE/0061
Date of REC Opinion
12 May 2025
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion
Data collection arrangements
We will collect and store the following data:
identifiable data such as name, date of birth and address
Questionnaires on health, wellbeing and demographics such as ethnicity and household.
Data from smartphones and wearable devices: specifically measures of physical activity, sleep, heart rate, and questionnaires.
If the person opts-in, we will also collect GPS location data from their smartphone or wearable.
We will remove anything that allows the person to be identified then store this data with the person's health-related (such as NHS) data.
Research programme
The database will support projects that 1) aim to discover measures of health that could predict, prevent, diagnose or monitor disease 2) aim to discover patterns of smartphone or wearable data that could help diagnose disease 3) aim to discover patterns of smartphone or wearable data that could help predict disease 4) aim to discover ways to use smartphone or wearable data to monitor people with current health problems for signs of response to treatment or complications.
Research database title
THE SMARTPHONE AND WEARABLE DATA FOR HEALTH RESEARCH DATABASE
Establishment organisation
University of Sheffield
Establishment organisation address
Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TF