# Reference **URL:** https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/c/reference/17.md [Latest](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/tags.md) --- ## [Reference Index](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/reference-index/1292)
**Author:** [@mojtaba](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/u/mojtaba)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2025, 9:43am UTC](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/reference-index/1292 "2025-06-16T09:43:56Z")
Terminology Terminology Study Setup & Deployment Profile Settings Studies Participation Period Localization Eligibility Screening Enrollment Participation Notifications Televisit Audit Trail Data Filtering Study Dropo… --- ## [About the Reference category](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/about-the-reference-category/1194)
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Dive deeper into each of Avicenna’s features. Learn every detail about each feature, and how to use them to their full potential. --- ## [Questions](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/questions/1291)
**Author:** [@mojtaba](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/u/mojtaba)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2025, 9:28am UTC](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/questions/1291 "2025-06-16T09:28:39Z")
Common Question Attributes Avicenna supports 14 question types. Each question, regardless of its type, has the following attributes: Question ID Each question is automatically assigned a numerical ID unique within the S… --- ## [Page](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/page/1242)
**Author:** [@mojtaba](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/u/mojtaba)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2025, 9:18am UTC](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/page/1242 "2025-06-16T09:18:53Z")
Page activity allows you to display an external web page within the Avicenna app. You can create the page using any tool you prefer, for example, blog platforms or a custom-coded site hosted on your server. The page can … --- ## [Triggering Logics](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/triggering-logics/1238)
**Author:** [@mojtaba](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/u/mojtaba)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2025, 9:18am UTC](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/triggering-logics/1238 "2025-06-16T09:18:48Z")
Triggering Logics (TL) for an activity specify when and how the activity should be prompted to the participant. Avicenna supports the following types of TLs: User TL: The participant decides when and how often to start… --- ## [Achievements](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/achievements/1389)
**Author:** [@leila](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/u/leila)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/achievements/1389 "2025-08-31T15:53:52Z")
Achievements is a tier-based engagement option that rewards participants with points for completing study activities and groups those points into customizable tiers (e.g., Copper through Diamond). Researchers define how … --- ## [Enrollment](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/enrollment/1274)
**Author:** [@mojtaba](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/u/mojtaba)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2025, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/enrollment/1274 "2025-06-16T09:19:22Z")
Participants can join your study by installing the Avicenna app on their Android or iOS phone or tablet. Alternatively, they can use Avicenna for the web through their phones’ or laptops’ browsers. This page covers enrol… --- ## [Activity Sessions](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/activity-sessions/1235)
**Author:** [@mojtaba](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/u/mojtaba)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2025, 9:18am UTC](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/activity-sessions/1235 "2025-06-16T09:18:44Z")
When an activity is prompted to a participant, Avicenna creates a Session for it. This session stores information about the prompted activity, any responses provided by the participant or the researchers, and other relat… --- ## [Flow Control](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/flow-control/1285)
**Author:** [@mojtaba](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/u/mojtaba)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2025, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/flow-control/1285 "2025-06-16T09:19:32Z")
In Avicenna, a survey consists of one or more sections that are presented to participants in a predefined sequence. By default, sections are displayed consecutively until the final section is completed, at which point th… --- ## [Location](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/location/1255)
**Author:** [@mojtaba](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/u/mojtaba)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2025, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/location/1255 "2025-06-16T09:19:04Z")
GPS Supported on Android & iOS. Download Sample Data This data source measures the location of the device using GPS sources. Use Cases Environmental health studies: Linking a participant’s location data with ext… --- ## [Fitbit (Legacy)](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/fitbit-legacy/1259)
**Author:** [@mojtaba](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/u/mojtaba)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2025, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/fitbit-legacy/1259 "2025-06-16T09:19:08Z")
\[!important\] Replaced by Google Health Google is shutting down the legacy Fitbit Web API, so the Fitbit data sources can no longer be added to new studies. Data from Fitbit devices is now collected through Google Healt… --- ## [Google Health](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/google-health/2192)
**Author:** [@amirreza](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/u/amirreza)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2026, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/google-health/2192 "2026-10-11T15:54:55Z")
Google Health is Google’s platform for health and fitness data. It replaces the legacy Fitbit Web API, so data from Fitbit and Pixel Watch devices now reaches Avicenna through Google Health. Google combines the data from… --- ## [Notifications](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/notifications/1277)
**Author:** [@mojtaba](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/u/mojtaba)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2025, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/notifications/1277 "2025-06-16T09:19:25Z")
Avicenna’s Notifications functionality allows you to create and send customized notifications, whether automated or manually, to the researchers in your team or the participants. Before sending a notification, you need t… --- ## [Garmin](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/garmin/1262)
**Author:** [@mojtaba](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/u/mojtaba)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2025, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/garmin/1262 "2025-06-16T09:19:10Z")
Garmin wearables are considered ideal devices for recording digital biomarkers in health and clinical research. They are popular among consumers, which can increase participant retention. Additionally, their devices prov… --- ## [Garmin Health SDK](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/garmin-health-sdk/1261)
**Author:** [@mojtaba](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/u/mojtaba)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2025, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/garmin-health-sdk/1261 "2025-06-16T09:19:10Z")
In this section, we list the comprehensive range of Garmin Health SDK metrics that Avicenna supports. \[!note\] The minimum supported Android SDK version for Garmin is Android 9 (SDK 28). Users with older devices are en… --- ## [Google History](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/google-history/1497)
**Author:** [@leila](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/u/leila)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/google-history/1497 "2026-02-09T15:15:29Z")
This data source allows researchers to collect participants’ Google Chrome browsing history through a manual upload process. Participants export their browsing history from Google Takeout and upload the resulting file to… --- ## [Audit Trail](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/audit-trail/1269)
**Author:** [@mojtaba](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/u/mojtaba)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2025, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/audit-trail/1269 "2025-06-16T09:19:17Z")
Avicenna Researcher Dashboard offers different aggregate reports on the data provided by each participant which you can use to monitor their adherence throughout the study. But when you find a case that you cannot explai… --- ## [Criteria](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/criteria/1236)
**Author:** [@mojtaba](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/u/mojtaba)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2025, 9:18am UTC](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/criteria/1236 "2025-06-16T09:18:45Z")
Criteria in Avicenna is a conditional expression, or formula, that instructs Avicenna whether an action should occur (or whether a study section should be shown or activated) based on the participant’s context, which eve… --- ## [Surveys](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/surveys/1286)
**Author:** [@mojtaba](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/u/mojtaba)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2025, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/surveys/1286 "2025-06-16T09:19:34Z")
A Survey is a type of activity that you can add to your study in Avicenna and is the most common activity participants complete in research studies. Surveys share all core features of Avicenna activities, including trigg… --- ## [Participant App Settings](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/participant-app-settings/1278)
**Author:** [@mojtaba](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/u/mojtaba)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2025, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/participant-app-settings/1278 "2025-06-16T09:19:26Z")
Welcome to Avicenna! This guide will help you get started with the Avicenna participant app, from installation to daily usage. Whether you’re participating in a research study or just want to understand how the app works… --- ## [Keep the App Running](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/keep-the-app-running/1574)
**Author:** [@zahra](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/u/zahra)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/keep-the-app-running/1574 "2026-08-11T16:24:18Z")
Once you join a study, Avicenna runs quietly in the background, recording the data your study needs, prompting you for surveys, and uploading everything securely. Your phone, though, is built to close apps it thinks you … --- ## [Buzud](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/buzud/1617)
**Author:** [@amirreza](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/u/amirreza)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/buzud/1617 "2026-09-06T16:14:17Z")
Integrating Buzud’s continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) sensors with Avicenna gives researchers around-the-clock interstitial glucose readings alongside surveys, cognitive tasks, and the other data sources collected in t… --- ## [BACtrack Skyn](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/bactrack-skyn/1410)
**Author:** [@milad.moosavi](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/u/milad.moosavi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/bactrack-skyn/1410 "2025-10-04T18:00:52Z")
Supported on iOS. Integrating BACtrack Skyn’s wearable alcohol monitoring device with Avicenna provides researchers with comprehensive transdermal alcohol concentration monitoring capabilities for behavioral and healt… --- ## [Terminology](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/terminology/1288)
**Author:** [@mojtaba](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/u/mojtaba)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2025, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/terminology/1288 "2025-06-16T09:19:36Z")
Activity An interaction or task performed by participants in your study, such as completing surveys, engaging in cognitive tasks, or logging daily diaries. The types of activities are predefined by Avicenna, but their co… --- ## [Participation Period](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/participation-period/1279)
**Author:** [@mojtaba](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/u/mojtaba)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2025, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/participation-period/1279 "2025-06-16T09:19:27Z")
When a participant joins your study, Avicenna automatically sets their participation start and end times. These times define the period when you can send surveys, request experience sampling, assign cognitive tasks, and … --- ## [Data Sources](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/data-sources/1266)
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Data sources enable passive data collection from participants’ devices and wearables, operating through automatic and continuous background processes that collect physiological, behavioral , and environmental data. Unlik… --- ## [Time-Use](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/time-use/1244)
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Time-Use Activity allows your study to collect Time-Use data from participants. This Activity provides a user interface similar to a calendar and asks participants to report how they spent their time. In this calendar, p… --- ## [Proximity Survey in Kibana](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/proximity-survey-in-kibana/1240)
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Proximity Survey Plot Via Avicenna, you can use Bluetooth beacon devices to capture participant’s interaction with real-world elements, and subsequently trigger surveys based on these interactions. While this is a very p… --- ## [Profile Settings](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/profile-settings/1281)
**Author:** [@mojtaba](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/u/mojtaba)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2025, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/profile-settings/1281 "2025-06-16T09:19:29Z")
This guide explains how to manage account settings in the Researcher Dashboard, including profile information, security features, password management, and notification preferences. Accessing Profile Features To open you… --- ## [Localization](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/localization/1275)
**Author:** [@mojtaba](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/u/mojtaba)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2025, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/t/localization/1275 "2025-06-16T09:19:23Z")
Inclusive research initially referred to studies that employed approaches designed to work with participants who have learning or intellectual disabilities. Scholars are increasingly expanding the scope of this definitio… [Next page](https://forum.avicennaresearch.com/c/reference/17.md?page=1)