The PRECARDIA Study
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One in three US adults use a smartwatch or fitness tracker, yet little is known about patterns of community use. Learn more.
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PRECARDIA is designed to describe patterns associated with wearable device use. Learn more.
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Click here to join or learn more about the study.
Exploring patterns of wearable device use in our communities
Background
About one in three adults in the United States use a smartwatch or fitness tracker. This unique user base includes healthy individuals and individuals with established cardiovascular and other chronic diseases, who can benefit from the information collected with these high-quality multimodal sensors. These devices collect different health information, including:
As digital health continues to grow, there is an unmet need to characterize the patterns of wearable use in our community and examine the association of information captured on smartwatches with health metrics. In order to understand how wearable devices can improve health care we need to first assess how people are currently using them.
Study overview
PRECARDIA will assess the use of smartwatches and wearable devices in the community to learn how they can help monitor our health. The study seeks to enroll up to 10,000 individuals who use wearable devices in their daily lives. Through the study, participants will share data from their wearable devices and electronic medical records with researchers for up to five years. This data will be used to describe patterns of wearable device use and explore the associations between wearable device information and cardiovascular health.
Learn more
Adults who receive care from Yale New Haven Health and use an Apple Watch or FitBit are eligible to enroll in PRECARDIA. To get involved and contribute to cutting-edge research, follow the steps below. To learn more, contact us at cards@yale.edu.
Read and sign the electronic consent form.
Download the CarDS Plus app.
Get an email with CarDS Plus app log-in credentials.
Connect your Apple Watch or FitBit device.