Schäfer Florent, Quinquis Laurent, Klein Maxime, Escutnaire Joséphine, Chavanel Frédéric, Chevallier Hélène, Fagherazzi Guy
Danone Nutricia Research, Palaiseau, France.
UFR Médecine et Pharmacie, Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France.
Front Digit Health. 2022 Mar 9;4:794908. doi: 10.3389/fdgth.2022.794908. eCollection 2022.
The adoption of health technologies is key to empower research participants and collect quality data. However, the acceptance of health technologies is usually evaluated in patients or healthcare practitioners, but not in clinical research participants.
A 27-item online questionnaire was provided to the 11,695 members of a nutrition clinical research participant database from the Nantes area (France), to assess (1) participants' social and demography parameters, (2) equipment and usage of health apps and devices, (3) expectations in research setting and (4) opinion about the future of clinical research. Each item was described using frequency and percentage overall and by age classes. A global proportion comparison was performed using chi-square or Fisher-exact tests.
A total of 1529 respondents (81.0% women, 19.0% men) completed the survey. Main uses of health apps included physical activity tracking (54.7%, age-related group difference, < 0.001) and food quality assessment (45.7%, unrelated to age groups). Overall, 20.4% of respondents declared owning a connected wristband or watch. Most participants (93.8%) expected the use of connected devices in research. However, protection of personal data (37.5%), reliability (35.5%) and skilled use of devices (28.5%) were perceived as the main barriers. Most participants (93.3%) would agree to track their food intake using a mobile app, and 80.5% would complete it for at least a week while taking part in a clinical study. Only 13.2% would devote more than 10 min per meal to such record. A majority (60.4%) of respondents would accept to share their social media posts in an anonymous way and most (82.2%) of them would accept to interact with a chatbot for research purposes.
Our cross-sectional study suggests that clinical study participants are enthusiastic about all forms of digital health technologies and participant-centered studies but remain concerned about the use of personal data. Repeated assessments are suggested to evaluate the research participant's interest in technologies following the increase in use and demand for innovative health services during the pandemic of COVID-19.
采用健康技术是增强研究参与者能力并收集高质量数据的关键。然而，健康技术的接受度通常在患者或医疗从业者中进行评估，而不是在临床研究参与者中。
向来自法国南特地区的一个营养临床研究参与者数据库的11695名成员提供了一份包含27个项目的在线问卷，以评估（1）参与者的社会和人口统计学参数，（2）健康应用程序和设备的使用情况，（3）在研究环境中的期望，以及（4）对临床研究未来的看法。每个项目都用频率和总体百分比以及按年龄组进行描述。使用卡方检验或Fisher精确检验进行总体比例比较。
共有1529名受访者（81.0%为女性，19.0%为男性）完成了调查。健康应用程序的主要用途包括身体活动追踪（54.7%，与年龄相关的组间差异，<0.001）和食物质量评估（45.7%，与年龄组无关）。总体而言，20.4%的受访者表示拥有智能手环或手表。大多数参与者（93.8%）期望在研究中使用联网设备。然而，个人数据保护（37.5%）、可靠性（35.5%）和设备的熟练使用（28.5%）被视为主要障碍。大多数参与者（93.3%）会同意使用移动应用程序追踪他们的食物摄入量，并且80.5%的人会在参加临床研究时至少持续一周。只有13.2%的人每餐会花费超过10分钟进行此类记录。大多数受访者（60.4%）会接受以匿名方式分享他们的社交媒体帖子，并且其中大多数人（82.2%）会接受为研究目的与聊天机器人互动。
我们的横断面研究表明，临床研究参与者对所有形式的数字健康技术和以参与者为中心的研究充满热情，但仍对个人数据的使用感到担忧。建议进行重复评估，以评估在2019年冠状病毒病大流行期间随着创新健康服务的使用和需求增加，研究参与者对技术的兴趣。
