IDEA-FAST 2025 Year-in-Review
As 2025 draws to a close, we would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all our consortium members, partners, and supporters. This has been a year full of challenges, but also many successes for our project. You can check out our 2025 Year-in-Review, an overview of our most important achievements of the year. We […]
Take the IDEA-FAST HCP Survey
Clinicians: How do you assess fatigue and sleep in your patients? Current tools to evaluate fatigue and sleep disturbances rely heavily on subjective reports — which can miss daily fluctuations and the broader impact on patients’ lives. The IDEA-FAST survey seeks the perspectives of healthcare professionals who manage conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, Parkinson’s […]
Take the IDEA-FAST Patient Survey!
Fatigue and sleep disturbances are among the most disabling symptoms for people living with chronic conditions — yet they remain difficult to measure and manage. The IDEA-FAST project, a Europe-wide research initiative, is exploring how digital tools (like wearables, apps, and sensors) could make it easier to track and understand these symptoms in daily life. […]
The IDEA-FAST July 2025 Newsletter is Here!
We are proud to announce that the latest edition of the IDEA-FAST Newsletter is here! Check out some of the highlights:– Over 1700 participants recruited in our Clinical Observation Study, thanks to the hard work of the IDEA-FAST members– Spotlight on IDEA-FAST participants through our Real World Stories series– Most recent project deliverables– Latest publications: […]
IDEA-FAST General Assembly 2025 – Lisbon, Portugal
On March 25th – 26th, the IDEA-FAST consortium gathered for the 2025 General Assembly in Lisbon to discuss the project’s developments over the past year and plans for the upcoming months. Around 100 participants from over 50 partner organizations attended the sessions, in person and online. The discussions enabled us to review the project’s […]
IDEA-FAST Zenodo Community is Now Available!
We are happy to announce that the IDEA-FAST Zenodo repository is now up and running! This platform is your gateway to a treasure trove of knowledge from the IDEA-FAST project, dedicated to changing the way we understand and monitor fatigue and sleep disturbances. What can you find in the repository? – Open-access publications, project deliverables, and […]
Happy Holidays from IDEA-FAST
✨ Happy Holidays from the IDEA-FAST Project Team! 🎄✨ As we close the chapter on 2024, we would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all our consortium members, partners, and supporters. IDEA-FAST is making great progress, thanks to your dedication and hard work over the past year, which has been essential to its advancement. […]
Inside the IDEA-FAST Project: Perspectives from the Principal Investigator at Asociación Parkinson Madrid
Miriam Grande is a Researcher at the Unidad de Innovación e Investigación at Asociación Parkinson Madrid (APM). She holds degrees in Physiotherapy and Psychology and has experience as a lecturer at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). Miriam has actively participated in several research projects with the association and has extensive training and expertise in […]
New Paper Out – Evaluation of walking activity and gait to identify physical and mental fatigue in neurodegenerative and immune disorders
A new paper by Hinchliffe et al. has been published. In this paper the authors explore the relationships between gait characteristics derived from an inertial measurement unit (IMU) and patient-reported fatigue in the IDEA-FAST feasibility study. The current knowledge of the relationships between walking and abnormal fatigue in NDDs and IMIDs is very limited. Therefore, […]
IDEA-FAST May 2024 Newsletter is Out!
We are proud to announce the latest edition of the IDEA-FAST Newsletter is here! Here are some of the highlights: Over 1200 participants recruited across 19 active sites in our Clinical Observation Study, thanks to the hard work of the IDEA-FAST members Spotlight on Young Researchers and their work in IDEA-FAST Most recent project deliverables […]