The Sleep Diary

TheSleepDiaryappisasleepresearchandclinicaltoolthatcollectsinformationabouttheuser’ssleeprelatedsymptomsandbehaviors.UserscanonlyaccesstheappiftheyareenrolledinresearchstudiesbeingconductedbyDr.AnneRichardsattheSanFranciscoVAMedicalCenter.

SpecificFeatures

1.LoginIDandPassword

ToengagewithanyfeatureoftheSleepDiaryapp,theusermustloginusinganassignedLoginIDandPasswordensuringthatdataareonlycollectedonparticipantsenrolledinthedesignatedresearchstudies.Eligibilityforanystudyusingtheappisdeterminedbytheresearchstaff,andonlyeligibleparticipantswillreceiveaLoginIDandPasswordthatwillallowaccessintotheSleepDiaryapp.


2.Appversion

Userswillbeassignedaversionoftheappthatappliestotheirparticipation.Forexample,somestudysubjectswillcompletetheveteranversionoftheapp,whiletheirbedpartnersenrolledinthestudywillcompletethebedpartnerversionoftheapp.


3.Morning/Afternoon/Evening/NightAssessment

Userswillcompletetheassessmentsdisplayedontheapp’shomescreendailyinordertorecordinformationabouttheirsleeprelatedsymptomsandbehaviors.


4.Calendar

UserscanusetheCalendarpagetoaccessincompleteassessmentsfrompreviousdaysinthecasethatanassessmentwasmissedornotcompleted.


5.Summary

Ifenabled,theSummarypagedisplaysagraphicalrepresentationofthedatafromtheuser’sdailyresponses.Zoominginonthegraphallowstheusertoseeresponsesfromindividualdates.


6.ReminderSettings

TheReminderSettingspageallowsuserstosetalarmsforeachassessmenttoremindtheusertocompletetheassessmenteachday.Apushnotificationwillbesentatthealarmtimetoremindtheusertocompletetheassessment.


7.DataCollection

Theapp’sdatacollectionincludesallresponsestothedailyassessments.Nopersonallyidentifiableinformationisrecorded(e.g.name,birthday,etc.)throughtheapp.Onlyresearchstaffhaveaccesstoanydatacollectedbytheapp.