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Acceptability and feasibility of research grade wearables for monitoring heat stress in Kenyan farmers

Kwaro et al. · 2025 · npj Digital Medicine

01 / Study designFeasibility study

02 / ContributionMeasurement and field methods

03 / Interpretation

Feasibility and measurement performance are context-specific.

Summary

Tests research-grade wearables for monitoring heat stress among subsistence farmers in Siaya HDSS.

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Key findings

Research wearables produced usable rural monitoring data, alongside device-specific burdens and exploratory sex differences in physiological strain.

Study design & setting

Study design and methods

Siaya pilot, August–November 2021; 48 farmers, 24 women/24 men. Actigraphy/indoor monitoring: 14 days; ECG/temperature: 24 hours; GPS: 22 hours.

Time-series feasibility study, questionnaires and mixed-effects analyses.

Limits to interpretation

Small, selected healthy sample; Brief physiological observation; Survey skip error restricted social-experience questions to 28 participants.

Research relevance

Supports device selection and locally adapted research procedures.

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