Users' experiences of wearable activity trackers: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Wearable activity trackers offer considerable promise for helping users to adopt healthier lifestyles. This study aimed to explore users' experience of activity trackers, including usage patterns, sharing of data to social media, perceived behaviour change (physical activity, diet and sleep), and technical issues/barriers to use.

Methods

A cross-sectional online survey was developed and administered to Australian adults who were current or former activity tracker users. Results were analysed descriptively, with differences between current and former users and wearable brands explored using independent samples t-tests, Mann-Whitney, and chi square tests.

Results

Participants included 200 current and 37 former activity tracker users (total N = 237) with a mea

SUBMITTER: Maher C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5688726 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature