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Screening of healthcare workers, Doctors and Nurses working in Covid-19 wards using a continous wearable watch device

Continous wearable device based Monitoring of Healthcare Professionals supporting Covid-19 patients for early screening of Covid-19 related symptoms

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2020/05/025495
Enrollment
30
Registered
2020-05-31
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Control Intervention1: nil: nil

Sponsors

Tata Consultancy Services India
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All healthcare workers , assigned to Covid ward / ICU duties, includes Doctors and Nurses

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Persons not involved in Covid -19 care wards/ICU

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Fortis will distribute the wearable device Watch called ( Empatica E4 ) provided by TCS to consenting volunteers. The volunteer will wear the watch continously for 2 weeks , wherein the following metadata will be recorded. Heart rate, Spo2, Body temperature, height, weight, Blood pressure( recorded manually ), will be recorded against the USER ID provided to TCS.Timepoint: Data to be analysed at Baseline, at 2 weeks, at 4 weeks and at 6 weeks

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Can be used extensively as a wearable device ,for healthcare workers in Covid exposed settings and also persons in Quarentine , ...who can be detected or diagnosed early for treatment if Metadata / algorithm suggests, that the person has been exposed to the Covid-19 virus.Timepoint: Baseline, at 2 weeks, at 4 weeks and at 6 weeks

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactKayapanda Mandanna

Fortis hospitals , Kolkata

kmmandana@gmail.com09831112359

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026