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Using wearable devices to generate real-world, individual-level data in rural, low-resource contexts in Burkina Faso, Africa: A case study

Huhn et al. · 2022 · Frontiers in Public Health

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.972177 ↗

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02 / ContributionMeasurement and field methods

03 / Interpretation

Feasibility and measurement performance are context-specific.

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Summary

Tests acceptability and data collection with consumer wearables in rural Burkina Faso and identifies practical limitations.

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Key findings

Reported acceptance ranged 94–100%; 95% reported no challenges. Total study-duration coverage was 43% for activity, 3% for heart rate and 4% for body-shell temperature.

Study design & setting

Study design and methods

Population, setting or evidence base

Nouna HDSS, Burkina Faso, January–March 2021. Mixed-methods feasibility and acceptability case study. 148 participants and 9 fieldworkers; eligible residents older than 6; three-week monitoring.

Methods

Withings Pulse HR wristbands and Tucky temperature patches; repeated questionnaires, device records and descriptive/thematic analyses.

Limits to interpretation

Limitations

Substantial technical missingness, proprietary processing and potential social-desirability bias limit inference. This was not a statistical validation study.

Research relevance

Shows that participant acceptance and usable data yield are separate implementation questions.

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