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USE OF CONSUMER WEARABLE DEVICES TO PROMOTE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: A REVIEW OF HEALTH INTERVENTION STUDIES
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BACKGROUND: Although many wearable devices for monitoring and tracking physical activity are available to consumers, relatively few research studies have been conducted to determine their efficacy in promoting health. METHODS: In this article, data on the use of consumer wearable devices in promoting healthy behaviors are summarized based upon bibliographic searches in PubMed and Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection with relevant search terms through September 2016. RESULTS: A total of 274 articles were identified in the bibliographic searches. By screening abstracts or full-text articles, six pre/post test trials and seven randomized controlled trials were identified. In initial trials, consumer wearable devices have been shown to increase physical activity and help users lose weight. However, the number of studies completed to date is small and limited by small sample sizes, short study durations, and uncertain generalizability of the findings. CONCLUSIONS: Future studies should utilize randomized controlled trial research designs, larger sample sizes, and longer study periods to better establish the efficacy of wearable devices in promoting physical activity. Additional research is needed to determine the feasibility and effectiveness of wearable devices in promoting physical activity and weight loss in community settings including communities affected by health disparities. Studies focusing on children and adolescents are also needed.
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Healthy lifestyle intervention for adult clinic patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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“The users with wearable device experience reported higher physical activity intensity levels when they used the devices for a longer period, which aligned with Washington et al. and Coughlin and Stewart suggesting that wearable devices help promote physical activity [58,59].”
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“…An, Dinkel, Noble, & Lee, 2016), potential clinical usage (Georgiou et al., 2018; Kisilevsky & Brown, 2016), and the financial investment related to these devices (Coughlin & Stewart, 2016), validated research is required to ensure they are accurate and consistent under a variety of conditions.”
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“The SMS text messages will be used in conjunction with a Fitbit Charge 5 device, given that this approach has proven to be the most effective among adults [37,38].”
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“…activity data, training progress, goals etc. is beneficial for the user (e.g. increasing one’s physical activity) (Brickwood et al., 2019; Coughlin & Stewart, 2016), it is also linked to issues like privacy risks, data security (Huckvale et al., 2015; Kang & Jung, 2021; Wiesner et al.,…”
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“Additionally, costs associated with wearable devices for monitoring physical activity are often less than several types of exercise equipment or becoming a member of a gym (34).”
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Multimodal Earable Sensing for Human Energy Expenditure Estimation
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Metadata
- Authors
- Department of Clinical and Digital Health Sciences, C. O. A. H. S., Coughlin, S. S., & Stewart, J.
- Affiliations
- Augusta University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Coughlin, Steven S
- Venue
- Journal of Environment and Health Science
- Publisher
- Ommega Online Publishers
- Published
- 2016
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1-6
- ISSN
- 2378-6841 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC5395205
- OpenAlex
- W2583266938
- Cited by
- 137
- References
- 36
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 25 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 3
- FWCI
- 8.32
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH SCIENCE (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R29HL044904)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Physical Activity and Health
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
- Keywords
- consumer wearable devices, physical activity promotion, physical activity monitoring, weight loss, health interventions, health behavior change, health disparities, children and adolescents
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