A Study on the Social Implementation of an Alarm Application for Alerting Forestry Workers During Approach

JRCT ID: jRCT1040240007

Registered date:05/04/2024

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Recruiting
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: Sensations of Using an Alarm Application When Forestry Workers Approach Each Other
• Date of first enrollment: 23/04/2024
• Target sample size: 30
• Study type: Observational

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: Overall satisfaction with the smartphone application.

Secondary Outcome

(i) Whether it is acceptable to forestry workers (tolerability) (5-point Likert scale).
(ii) Whether or not they would want to use it if it were commercialised (5-point Likert scale)
(iii) Ease of setting up the warning (5-point Likert scale)
(iv) Ease of hearing the warning sound (5-point Likert scale)
(v) Ease of feeling vibrations (5-point Likert scale)
(vi) Failures and adverse events in the forest (free text)
(vii) Other opinions (text string)
[Equipment setting related, etc.].
(viii) Application settings in each forest
(ix) Carrying location of the smartphone (e.g. chest pocket)
(x) Whether or not earphones or speakers are used

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: Not applicable
• Age maximum: Not applicable

Include criteria

Forestry workers employed by forestry cooperatives and other forestry entities in forests in Shizuoka Prefecture.
Persons who have given appropriate consent to participate in this research.

• Exclude criteria: None.

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: ODAGIRI Keiichi
• Secondary Sponsor: Akira YAMAGUCHI