Adult Disease Risk Prediction Using Wearables, Hearing, and Health Data

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Conditions studied: Chronic Disease, Risk Assessment

In brief

This prospective cohort study aims to develop and validate a personalized disease risk prediction model for adults by integrating multiple sources of health data. The study will recruit community-dwelling adults aged 18 years and older in Taiwan. After providing informed consent, participants will complete a structured questionnaire, undergo pure tone hearing testing, and wear a smartwatch for 2 weeks to collect continuous physiological data, including heart rate and physical activity. With participant authorization, the study will also collect data from personal health records and national health insurance databases to allow longer-term follow-up of health outcomes. The main goals of the study are to examine the relationships among hearing, lifestyle factors, and wearable device data; to identify combinations of risk factors associated with progression from health to subclinical or chronic disease states; and to develop analytical methods for integrating heterogeneous health data from questionnaires, physiological monitoring, hearing tests, and medical databases. Machine learning methods will be used to identify important predictors and build risk prediction models. The study hypothesis is that combining hearing measures, lifestyle information, wearable physiological data, and longitudinal medical record data will improve the ability to identify individuals at higher risk of future disease compared with using a single source of information alone. The long-term objective is to support early risk identification, personalized health management, and prevention strategies in community adults.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07541547

Run by

National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan

People needed

1500

Starts

2026-01-09

Expected to finish

2029-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-04-21

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adults aged 18 years and older
• Living in the community in Taiwan
• Able to understand the study procedures and provide written informed consent
• Able and willing to complete the study questionnaire, hearing assessment, and wearable device monitoring procedures
• Has access to a smartphone and is able to install and use the study-related application, with assistance from study staff if needed

You may not qualify if…

• Diagnosis of dementia
• Too frail or has other health conditions that make participation in the study procedures not feasible
• Bilateral deafness without use of any hearing assistive device
• Does not have a smartphone or is unable to use a smartphone application required for the study procedures

Where it is running

• National Health Research Institutes — Zhunan, Miaoli, Taiwan (enrolling)

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