Enabling SensorKit
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About SensorKit
SensorKit is a framework supported by Apple that enables investigators to obtain additional data elements from study participant iPhones & paired Apple watches.
MyDataHelps currently supports the following sensors:
- Accelerometer
- Ambient Light Sensor
- Device Usage Report
- Keyboard Metrics
- Messages Usage Report
- On Wrist State (Apple Watch)
- Pedometer Data
- Phone Usage Report
- Rotation Rate
- Siri Speech Metrics (iOS 15+)
- Telephony Speech Metrics (iOS 15+)
- Visits
To learn more about the available data elements, please review Apple’s sensors.
SensorKit does not allow for historical data collection.
Implementation of SensorKit
CareEvolution’s MyDataHelps platform enables your study team to collect SensorKit data from study participants. Importantly, study teams are required to submit a Research Proposal to Apple for each research study. Please contact us if you plan to submit a research proposal to Apple so that we can assist with completing the form. We ask that you copy us when you email your application to Apple. SensorKit data cannot be collected for a research study until approved by Apple.
You can refer to Apple’s Accessing SensorKit Data for additional details.
SensorKit yields a large volume of data for analysis (can be gigabytes of uncompressed data per participant per day). Please refer to the SensorKit Export Overview for additional details.
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