Ngenkathi i-Apple yethula i-ResearchKit, kuvulwe inqwaba yeminyango ocwaningweni lwezokwelapha. Ithuba lokusebenzisa i-iPhone ne-Apple Watch ukuqoqa imininingwane ngezifo ezahlukahlukene lalizokwenza lula ucwaningo lwezokwelapha ngendlela engacabangeki eminyakeni embalwa edlule. Futhi imiphumela yokuqala ayidluli ukufika nenani elikhulayo lezifundo ezenziwa yizikhungo ezihola phambili zezokwelapha emhlabeni jikelele. Enye yalezo eseziqedile isigaba sayo sokuqala izovumela ukuqonda kangcono izimbangela zokubanjwa, uphawu oluyinhloko lwesifo sokuwa, ngenxa yohlelo lokusebenza olwenzelwe ngokukhethekile i-Apple Watch.
Isicelo, esibizwa nge-EpiWatch futhi sakhiwa yiJohn Hopkins University, kufaka phakathi inkinga ye-Apple Watch okuthi uma ithintwa ibangele ukuthi iwashi liqoqe izinga lokushaya kwenhliziyo nokunyakaza komuntu imizuzu eyishumi ukuwagqoka. Ukucabangela ukuthi abanye abantu banezimpawu ezithile ngaphambi kokuquleka, njengokushoshozela kwezinye izingxenye zomzimba, ubuthakathaka engxenyeni ethile yomzimba noma ukuqala ukubona iphunga elingajwayelekile, lapho bebona lezi zimpawu ezibizwa nge- "aura" nalokho okwandulelayo ukuquleka kuthinte leyo nkinga futhi iwashi beliphethe ukuqoqa imininingwane ngesikhathi senhlekelele. Lapho sesidlulile, isiguli sagcwalisa ifomu ngemininingwane efana ne-aura eyethulwe, isisusa okusolwa kuso, ukulahlekelwa ukwazi, njll.
Bangu-598 abantu ababambe iqhaza kulolu cwaningo, kanti inani lokudlikiza elingu-1.485 liqoshwe ngesikhathi sokufunda esiyizinyanga eziyi-10. Eminye yemininingwane ekhishwe ikhombisa ukuthi ingcindezi iyimbangela ejwayeleke kakhulu edale ukuquleka, nge-37% yenani, ngenkathi ukungalali bekungokwesibili kakhulu, kufinyelela ku-18%. Inhloso yocwaningo ukuqonda kangcono izimbangela zokubanjwa ukuze ukwazi ukusebenzisa amadivayisi afana ne-Apple Watch ukubikezela izinhlekelele futhi ngaleyo ndlela ukwazi ukunikeza inkululeko enkulu kubantu abaphethwe yilesi sifo, ngisho nokusindisa izimpilo.