Published on in Vol 5 , No 3 (2017) :March

Cloudy with a Chance of Pain: Engagement and Subsequent Attrition of Daily Data Entry in a Smartphone Pilot Study Tracking Weather, Disease Severity, and Physical Activity in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis

Cloudy with a Chance of Pain: Engagement and Subsequent Attrition of Daily Data Entry in a Smartphone Pilot Study Tracking Weather, Disease Severity, and Physical Activity in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis

Cloudy with a Chance of Pain: Engagement and Subsequent Attrition of Daily Data Entry in a Smartphone Pilot Study Tracking Weather, Disease Severity, and Physical Activity in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis

Samuel Reade 1, 2 , MRes, MBChB ;   Karen Spencer 2 , PhD ;   Jamie C Sergeant 2, 3 , PhD ;   Matthew Sperrin 4 , PhD ;   David M Schultz 5 , PhD ;   John Ainsworth 3 , PhD ;   Rashmi Lakshminarayana 6 , MPH, MBA, MD, DNB ;   Bruce Hellman 6 , BSc, MBA ;   Ben James 6 , BA (Hons) ;   John McBeth 2 , PhD ;   Caroline Sanders 7 , PhD ;   William G Dixon 2, 4, 8 , MRCP, PhD

1 Manchester Medical School , University of Manchester , Manchester , GB

2 Manchester Academic Health Science Centre , Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology , University of Manchester , Manchester , GB

3 National Institute of Health Research , Manchester Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit , Central Manchester NHS Foundation Trust , Manchester , GB

4 The Farr Institute @ Health eResearch Centre , Manchester Academic Health Science Centre , The University of Manchester , Manchester , GB

5 School of Earth, Atmospheric & Environmental Sciences , The University of Manchester , GB

6 uMotif Limited , London , GB

7 Manchester Academic Health Science Centre , Centre for Primary Care , The University of Manchester , Manchester , GB

8 Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust , Rheumatology Department , Salford , GB

Corresponding Author:

  • William G Dixon, MRCP, PhD
  • Manchester Academic Health Science Centre
  • Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology
  • University of Manchester
  • Stopford Building,
  • Oxford Road
  • Manchester
  • GB
  • Phone: 44 161 275 1642
  • Email: will.dixon@manchester.ac.uk