Google app to launch a research on how smartphone use impacts mental well-being. Researchers are gonna explore the benefits and risks of using smartphones.
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‘The Google app provides secure technology in partnership with doctors, nurses, and health researchers to help improve understanding of mental health.’
Writing in a Google blog post, Prof. Nicholas Allen at the University’s Center for Digital Mental Health said that mental health has become even more urgent during the Covid-19 pandemic as so many people have turned to digital technology to maintain some semblance of their lifestyle. The new research will "uncover insights that help us all build a future where digital products may support us in living healthier, happier lives," Allen said.
The findings will help "the research community and technology industry to pursue evidence-based product design, education and policy aimed at maximizing benefits and minimizing risks," he added.
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The four week-study, to be launched on May 27, will be open to adults based in the US and only those using an Android phone. The team will sample and collect direct, objective measures of how people use their phones, with their informed consent.
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The study will also use participants’ phones to directly measure many of the well-established building blocks of well-being, such as sleep and physical activity. Participants will also have the option to add relevant Fitbit data, including step count and physical activity.
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Google’s Health Studies app was introduced in December 2020 with a study into respiratory illnesses. The app, in partnership with doctors, nurses and health researchers, provides secure technology that can help improve understanding of health.
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