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. 2022 Mar 9;22(6):2136. doi: 10.3390/s22062136

Table 1.

Table of metadata concepts for WATCH-PD.

Device
Metadata Name Pre-Specified Value? Application-Dependent? Metadata Item APDM Metadata Item WATCH-PD
Device UID No No
Brand Yes No APDM Apple
Model Yes No Opal iPhone and Apple Watch
Hardware version Yes No Opal v.2 Apple Watch Series 5
Apple iPhone 11
Firmware version Yes No 20190315 Apple Watch Series 5
Apple iPhone 11
Body site Yes No Each wrist Most affected wrist (Apple Watch)
Orientation Yes No Sensors are positioned with device’s charging ports oriented toward more distal body locations Watch orientation set during initial setup, with watch ‘crown’ positioned facing the hand. Watch on most-affected side
Hub/App Yes No Mobility Lab Hub BrainBaseline version ‘WATCH-PD’
Metadata version Yes No V1.0 V1.0
Sensor and Signal
Sensor type Yes No Accelerometer, Magnetometer, Gyroscope, Barometer Accelerometer, Gyroscope
Recording mode Yes No Active Active
Calibration Yes No Opal calibration process N/A
Outputs Datatype No No Numeric Numeric
Serialization No No TBD TBD
Units No No os (gyro); m/s2 (accel); pT (mag); mPa (bar) os (gyro); m/s2 (accel)
Scaling Yes No
  • Accelerometer—100 um/s2

  • Gyroscope—10 urad/s

  • Magnetometer—100 pT

  • Barometer—100 mPa

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Filename of data file No No
Data rate Yes No 128 Hz from all sensors 100 Hz accel and gyro in clinic
50 Hz accel in home-base passive monitoring
Timing Yes No Continuous data collection from all sensors during clinic assessment Continuous data collection during clinic assessment.
7 day home based data collection
Multiple data streams Yes No Accelerometer [xyz], Magnetometer [xyz], Gyroscope [xyz], Barometer Accelerometer [xyz], Gyroscope [xyz]
Participant/Population
Subject UID No No
Demographics
Inclusion/exclusion criteria
Yes Yes Inclusion criteria from WATCH-PD protocol Inclusion criteria from WATCH-PD protocol
Comorbidities No Yes Not available Not available
Analysis Metadata
Data pre-processing Yes No Not available Not available
Endpoint analysis Yes Yes WATCH-PD SAP v1.0 WATCH-PD SAP v1.0
Experiment
Experiment UID Yes No WATCH-PD WATCH-PD
Protocol Yes Yes WATCH-PD Protocol v3.0 WATCH-PD Protocol v3.0
Questionnaires and scales Yes Yes MDS-UPDRS 2.10 In-clinic:
MDS-UPDRS 2.10
In-home:
Single item 7-point Likert response indicating current tremor severity
Clinical assessments/Human observation Yes Yes MDS-UPDRS 3.15, 3.16, 3.17; RUE 1 and LUE 2 assessments only In-clinic:
MDS-UPDRS 3.15, 3.16, 3.17; RUE and LUE assessments only
In-home:
N/A—No human observation during home assessments
Clinical follow-up frequency as a comparator for digital measures Yes Yes Baseline, 1 month, 3 month, 6 month, 9 month, 12 month Baseline, 1 month, 3 month, 6 month, 9 month, 12 month
Clinical correlations to digital measures Yes Yes Sensor collection simultaneous with clinical assessments described above In clinic, sensor collection simultaneous with clinical assessments described above
Active test details Yes Yes Sensor collection simultaneous with clinical assessments as per protocol. In clinic, sensor collection simultaneous with clinical assessment as per protocol.
Passive monitoring Yes Yes N/A At Home, 7 days passive monitoring.
Contextual Data
Environment Yes Yes Clinic Clinic, home
Environmental context (carer, temperature, indoor/outdoor, …) Not available Yes Not available Not available

1 RUE: right upper extremity; 2 LUE: left upper extremity; N/A: not applicable.