Personalized Management of Fatigue in Individuals With Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Long COVID Using a Smart Digital mHealth Solution: Protocol for a Participatory Design Approach

Enrique Dorronzoro-Zubiete   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Jesús Castro-Marrero   ^{2 *} , PhD ;   Jorge Ropero   ¹ , PhD ;   José Luis Sevillano-Ramos   ³ , PhD ;   María Dolores Hernández   ¹ , PhD ;   Ramon Sanmartin Sentañes   ^{2, 4} , MD, PhD ;   Jose Alegre-Martin   ^{2, 4} , MD, PhD ;   Patricia Launois-Obregón   ^{5, 6} , MD, PhD ;   Isabel Martin-Garrido   ⁷ , MD, PhD ;   Asuncion Luque Budia   ⁸ , PhD ;   Juan R Lacalle-Remigio   ⁹ , MD, PhD ;   Luis Béjar Prado   ⁹ , PhD ;   Octavio Rivera Romero   ¹ , PhD

¹ Electronic Technology Department, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

² Research Unit in ME/CFS and Long COVID, Division of Rheumatology, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

³ Architecture and Technology Department, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

⁴ Division of Rheumatology, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

⁵ Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

⁶ Department of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

⁷ Unidad de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Minoritarias, Servicio de Medicina Interna, Virgen del Rocio University Hospital, Sevilla, Spain

⁸ Salud Mental, Unidad de Gestión Clínica, Virgen del Rocio University Hospital, Sevilla, Spain

⁹ Preventive Medicine and Public Health Department, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

*these authors contributed equally