安卓和iOS CoronaCheck应用用户之间的自我报告的COVID-19症状的比较
Michael Winter1,2, Thomas Probst3, Thomas Keil4,5,6
1Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany. michael.winter@uni-wuerzburg.de.
NPJ digital medicine
|April 9, 2025
概括
与iOS用户相比,Android用户的COVID-19感染率更高,并报告了更多的症状. 这突显了移动健康研究中的潜在偏见,强调了在数据分析中需要调整设备操作系统.
科学领域:
- 数字流行病学数字流行病学
- 移动健康研究 移动健康研究
- 公共卫生监督是对公共卫生的监督.
背景情况:
- 移动健康应用程序收集有价值的数据,用于公共卫生监测.
- 移动平台之间的用户人口统计和报告行为差异可能会引入偏见.
- 了解这些平台特定的差异对于准确的健康数据解释至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查Android和iOS用户之间COVID-19感染率和症状报告的差异.
- 识别基于操作系统差异的移动健康研究中的潜在偏差.
- 评估设备操作系统对基于人口的健康数据的影响.
主要方法:
- 从CoronaCheck应用程序 (2020年4月至2023年2月) 对23063名全球用户的横截面分析.
- 数据包括自我报告的COVID-19症状和接触风险.
- 根据年龄,性别,教育程度和国家进行统计调整.
主要成果:
- 与iOS用户相比,Android用户更年轻,更为男性,受教育程度较低,报告的症状更多 (2.1比1.6).
- 安卓用户的疑似COVID-19感染率较高 (24%对11%).
- 在Android用户中感染的调整后几率比为2.21 (95% CI:1.93-2.54).
结论:
- 在COVID-19感染率和症状报告中存在基于平台的显著差异.
- 移动健康研究可能会受到与设备操作系统相关的偏见.
- 调整操作系统对于提高移动健康数据的可靠性至关重要.
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