Returning Individualized Wearable Sensor Results to Older Adult Research Participants: A Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Wearable sensors that monitor physical behaviors are increasingly adopted in clinical research. Older adult research participants have expressed interest in tracking and receiving feedback on their physical behaviors. Simultaneously, researchers and clinical trial sponsors are interested in returning results to participants, but the question of how to return individual study results derived from research-grade wearable sensors remains unanswered. In this study, we (1) assessed the feasibility of returning individual physical behavior results to older adult research participants and (2) obtained participant feedback on the returned results.

Methods

Older adult participants (N = 20; ages 67-96) underwent 14 days of remote monitoring with 2 wearable sensors. We then

SUBMITTER: Bachman SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12004365 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature