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Opportunities and Challenges Surrounding the Use of Wearable Sensor Bracelets for Infectious Disease Detection During Hajj: Qualitative Interview Study[1]

Maddah N, Verma A, Ainsworth J · 2025 · JMIR Form Res

Summary

Qualitative interview study (Manchester/KAU; 14 Hajj stakeholders — technology experts, healthcare providers, Hajj service providers; task-technology fit + UTAUT frameworks) on wearable sensor bracelets for symptomatic and PRE-symptomatic infectious-disease detection at Hajj. Four themes and 13 subthemes: substantial financial and operational barriers; stakeholder and user motivation as adoption gatekeepers; and integration dependencies — infrastructure, device features, use-case fit, training, and organizational process. Concludes with implementation factors for effective adoption.

So what

The sober implementation counterweight to wearable-surveillance enthusiasm: before a bracelet detects a pre-symptomatic infection at scale, someone must solve cost, infrastructure, training, and the motivation of both pilgrims and providers — the study maps exactly those obstacles from the people who would run it. For MGMI's surveillance pages it completes a three-layer stack with Falender (wastewater = population), Greene-style syndromic feeds (system), and wearables (individual), each at a different maturity. Free PMC full text.

Key findings

  • 14-stakeholder qualitative study on wearables for pre-symptomatic detection at Hajj
  • 4 themes/13 subthemes: financial/operational barriers dominate
  • Adoption gated by BOTH implementer and user motivation
  • Integration needs: infrastructure, device fit, use cases, training, org process
  • Completes the surveillance stack: wastewater (population) / syndromic (system) / wearables (individual)

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