Prototyping Apps for the Management of Sleep, Fatigue, and Behavioral Health in Austere Far-Forward Environments: Development Study.
Anne GermainMegan WolfsonI Wayan PulantaraMeredith L WallaceKatie L NugentGeorge A MesiasKristina M Clarke-WalperPhillip J QuartanaJoshua E WilkPublished in: Journal of medical Internet research (2023)
We demonstrated the feasibility of adapting a clinical decision support platform into Android smartphone-based apps to collect, save, and synthesize sleep and behavioral health data, as well as share data using adaptive data transfer protocols when Wi-Fi or cellular data are unavailable. The AIRE (Autonomous Connectivity Independent System for Remote Environments) prototype offers a novel self-management and supervised tool to augment capabilities for prospective monitoring, detection, and intervention for emerging sleep, fatigue, and behavioral health issues that are common in military and nonmilitary high-tempo occupations (eg, submarines, long-haul flights, space stations, and oil rigs) where medical expertise is limited.