A Study on the Social Implementation of an Alarm Application for Alerting Forestry Workers During Approach

A study contributing to the societal implementation of an alarm application for alerting workers during forestry operations aimed at preventing occupational accidents

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-jRCT1040240007

Enrollment

Registered

2024-04-05

Start date

2024-04-23

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Sensations of Using an Alarm Application When Forestry Workers Approach Each Other Forestry workers

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Forestry workers employed by forestry cooperatives and other forestry entities in forests in Shizuoka Prefecture. Persons who have given appropriate consent to participate in this research.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: None.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Overall satisfaction with the smartphone application.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
(i) Whether it is acceptable to forestry workers (tolerability) (5-point Likert scale). (ii) Whether or not they would want to use it if it were commercialised (5-point Likert scale) (iii) Ease of setting up the warning (5-point Likert scale) (iv) Ease of hearing the warning sound (5-point Likert scale) (v) Ease of feeling vibrations (5-point Likert scale) (vi) Failures and adverse events in the forest (free text) (vii) Other opinions (text string) [Equipment setting related, etc.]. (viii) Application settings in each forest (ix) Carrying location of the smartphone (e.g. chest pocket) (x) Whether or not earphones or speakers are used	—

Measure

Time frame

(i) Whether it is acceptable to forestry workers (tolerability) (5-point Likert scale). (ii) Whether or not they would want to use it if it were commercialised (5-point Likert scale) (iii) Ease of setting up the warning (5-point Likert scale) (iv) Ease of hearing the warning sound (5-point Likert scale) (v) Ease of feeling vibrations (5-point Likert scale) (vi) Failures and adverse events in the forest (free text) (vii) Other opinions (text string) [Equipment setting related, etc.]. (viii) Application settings in each forest (ix) Carrying location of the smartphone (e.g. chest pocket) (x) Whether or not earphones or speakers are used

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Contacts

Public ContactKeiichi ODAGIRI

Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

kodagiri@hama-med.ac.jp+81-53-435-2006

Outcome results