Use of wearable sensors to assess compliance of asthmatic children in response to lockdown measures for the COVID-19 epidemic

Abstract Between March and April 2020, Cyprus Greece health authorities enforced three escalated levels of public interventions to control the COVID-19 pandemic. We quantified compliance 108 asthmatic schoolchildren (53 from Cyprus, 55 Greece, mean age 9.7 years) both countries intervention levels, using wearable sensors continuously track personal location physical activity. Changes in ‘fraction time spent at home’ ‘total steps/day’ were assessed with a mixed-effects model adjusting for confounders. observed significant increases during each level by 41.4% 14.3% (level 1), 48.7% 23.1% 2) 45.2% 32.0% 3), respectively. Physical activity demonstrated decreases − 2,531 1,191 3,638 2,337 3,644 1,961 3) total steps/day, Significant independent effects weekends found on home’. Similarly, weekends, age, humidity gender had an effect suggest that technology provides objective, continuous, real-time data making possible inform timely manner officials various tiers