Remote Health Monitoring in the Workplace for Early Detection of COVID-19 Cases during the COVID-19 Pandemic Using a Mobile Health Application: COVIDApp.
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Participants and Objectives
2.2. COVIDApp Use and Dynamics
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Echeverría, P.; Puig, J.; Ruiz, J.M.; Herms, J.; Sarquella, M.; Clotet, B.; Negredo, E. Remote Health Monitoring in the Workplace for Early Detection of COVID-19 Cases during the COVID-19 Pandemic Using a Mobile Health Application: COVIDApp. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 167. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010167
Echeverría P, Puig J, Ruiz JM, Herms J, Sarquella M, Clotet B, Negredo E. Remote Health Monitoring in the Workplace for Early Detection of COVID-19 Cases during the COVID-19 Pandemic Using a Mobile Health Application: COVIDApp. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(1):167. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010167
Chicago/Turabian StyleEcheverría, Patricia, Jordi Puig, José María Ruiz, Jordi Herms, Maria Sarquella, Bonaventura Clotet, and Eugenia Negredo. 2022. "Remote Health Monitoring in the Workplace for Early Detection of COVID-19 Cases during the COVID-19 Pandemic Using a Mobile Health Application: COVIDApp." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 1: 167. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010167