Determinants for Sustained Use of an Activity Tracker: Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A lack of physical activity is considered to cause 6% of deaths globally. Feedback from wearables such as activity trackers has the potential to encourage daily physical activity. To date, little research is available on the natural development of adherence to activity trackers or on potential factors that predict which users manage to keep using their activity tracker during the first year (and thereby increasing the chance of healthy behavior change) and which users discontinue using their trackers after a short time.

Objective

The aim of this study was to identify the determinants for sustained use in the first year after purchase. Specifically, we look at the relative importance of demographic and socioeconomic, psychological, health-related, goal-related, tec

SUBMITTER: Hermsen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5695980 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature