Willingness to Share Wearable Device Data for Research Among Mechanical Turk Workers: Web-Based Survey Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Wearable devices that are used for observational research and clinical trials hold promise for collecting data from study participants in a convenient, scalable way that is more likely to reach a broad and diverse population than traditional research approaches. Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) is a potential resource that researchers can use to recruit individuals into studies that use data from wearable devices.

Objective

This study aimed to explore the characteristics of wearable device users on MTurk that are associated with a willingness to share wearable device data for research. We also aimed to determine whether compensation was a factor that influenced the willingness to share such data.

Methods

This was a secondary analysis of a cross-sectional surv

SUBMITTER: Taylor CO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8569545 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature