Fitrockr & Garmin announce 2023 EMEA Research Grant winners
May 16, 2023
Fitrockr Health Solutions & Garmin Health Research award innovative use of wearable health data and the Garmin device ecosystem—powered by the Fitrockr platform
Fitrockr & Garmin today announced the winners of their 2023 EMEA Garmin Health Research Grant which awards innovative research based on health data from Garmin smartwatches.
The EMEA grant winners and their projects are as follows:
1. Université Omar Bongo — Gabon
Pilot project on the study of the influence of air pollution and climate on daily health of Gabonese students in the capital (Libreville).
This study aims to evaluate the influence of air quality, temperature and humidity on the daily health of 50 Gabonese students in Libreville against the World Health Organization’s claim that air pollution and climate change are causing a global environmental crisis with major health consequences resulting in 7 million deaths per year worldwide. The students will wear a Garmin wearable device for one week to collect their daily health data. The study will compare the participants’ health and survey data with environmental data to understand the effects of these environmental parameters on their health.
2. Institute of Behavioral Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University — Hungary
Exploration of Postnatal Stress Assessment Using Heart Rate Variability in Relation with Mother-Newborn Baby Early-Stage Attachment.
The study aims to investigate the associations between selected lifestyle determinants and their underlying physiological responses that represent individual health and well-being biomarkers using a Garmin smartwatch. The three-month pilot study will monitor selected lifestyle factors coupled with monitoring underlying physiological responses in a sample of five healthy adults. The pilot study results will provide necessary information for calculating the sample size and assessing other aspects of the following main study, which aims to create an innovative digital diary app in coherence with the Fitrockr Hub application.
3. Pavol Jozef Šafárik University — Slovakia
Monitoring of selected lifestyle determinants and their corresponding physiological responses using Garmin smartwatches.
The study aims to investigate the associations between selected lifestyle determinants and their underlying physiological responses that represent individual health and well-being biomarkers while wearing a Garmin smartwatch. The three-month pilot study will monitor selected lifestyle factors coupled with monitoring their underlying physiological responses in a sample of five healthy adults. The pilot study results will provide necessary information for calculating the sample size and assessing other aspects of the following main study, which aims to create an innovative digital diary app in coherence with the Fitrockr Hub application.
4. University of St. Gallen — Switzerland
Evaluating the “Receptivity of Women During Menstrual Cycle”
This pilot study aims to investigate whether a woman’s menstrual cycle stage and associated symptoms affect her receptivity to just-in-time adaptive interventions. The study involves five regularly menstruating women aged 20-35, who will use a Garmin fitness tracker (for heart rate, heart rate variability, stress, respiration rate and sleep) and a 90-day digital health intervention to collect physiological and emotional data. A previously trained machine-learning model will predict the optimal notification timing for each participant based on their data, including the stage of the menstrual cycle and associated physiological variables.
Winners to receive Garmin wearables and more
All grant winners will receive five Garmin wearables with the latest sensor technology, three months of unlimited access to the Fitrockr platform for up to 50 users and a winner’s certificate. Thereby the researchers benefit from the reliable collaborator network as well as the potential to be featured on the Garmin Health blog.
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