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Soriano, Joan B
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Fernandez, Esteve
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de Astorza, Alvaro
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Perez de Llano, Luis Alejandro
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Fernandez-Villar, Alberto
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Carnicer-Pont, Dolors
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Alcazar-Navarrete, Bernardino
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Garcia, Arturo
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Morales, Aurelio
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Lobo, Maria
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Maroto, Marcos
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Ferreras, Eloy
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Soriano, Cecilia
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Del Rio-Bermudez, Carlos
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Vega-Piris, Lorena
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Basagana, Xavier
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Muncunill Farreny, Josep
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García-Cosío, Borja
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Lumbreras, Sara
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Catalina, Carlos
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Alzaga, Jose María
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Gomez Quilon, David
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Alberto Valdivia, Carlos
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de lara, Celia
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Ancochea, Julio
2024-09-13T09:13:33Z
2024-09-13T09:13:33Z
2020-07
Soriano JB, Fernandez E, De Astorza A, Perez De Llano LA, Fernandez-Villar A, Carnicer-Pont D, et al. Hospital Epidemics Tracker (HEpiTracker): Description and Pilot Study of a Mobile App to Track COVID-19 in Hospital Workers. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2020 Jul;6(3):475-87.
10.2196/21653
2369-2960
JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13003/17050
32845852
2-s2.0-85097886831
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/22929
578947300044
Background: Hospital workers have been the most frequently and severely affected professional group during the COVID-19 pandemic, and have a big impact on transmission. In this context, innovative tools are required to measure the symptoms compatible with COVID-19, the spread of infection, and testing capabilities within hospitals in real time. Objective: We aimed to develop and test an effective and user-friendly tool to identify and track symptoms compatible with COVID-19 in hospital workers. Methods: We developed and pilot tested Hospital Epidemics Tracker (HEpiTracker), a newly designed app to track the spread of COVID-19 among hospital workers. Hospital staff in 9 hospital centers across 5 Spanish regions (Andalusia, Balearics, Catalonia, Galicia, and Madrid) were invited to download the app on their phones and to register their daily body temperature, COVID-19-compatible symptoms, and general health score, as well as any polymerase chain reaction and serological test results. Results: A total of 477 hospital staff participated in the study between April 8 and June 2, 2020. Of note, both health-related (n=329) and non-health-related (n=148) professionals participated in the study; over two-thirds of participants (68.8%) were health workers (43.4% physicians and 25.4% nurses), while the proportion of non-health-related workers by center ranged from 40% to 85%. Most participants were female (n=323, 67.5%), with a mean age of 45.4 years (SD 10.6). Regarding smoking habits, 13.0% and 34.2% of participants were current or former smokers, respectively. The daily reporting of symptoms was highly variable across participating hospitals; although we observed a decline in adherence after an initial participation peak in some hospitals, other sites were characterized by low participation rates throughout the study period. Conclusions: HEpiTracker is an already available tool to monitor COVID-19 and other infectious diseases in hospital workers. This tool has already been tested in real conditions. HEpiTracker is available in Spanish, Portuguese, and English. It has the potential to become a customized asset to be used in future COVID-19 pandemic waves and other environments.
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app
COVID-19
Coronavirus
e-medicine
Monitoring
Symptoms
Surveillance
Hospital Epidemics Tracker (HEpiTracker): Description and Pilot Study of a Mobile App to Track COVID-19 in Hospital Workers
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