Utility of Fitbit devices among children and adolescents with chronic health conditions: a scoping review

ABSTRACT:

Background

While Fitbit® devices were initially intended for leisurely, consumer use, there has been recent interest among scientific and medical communities in the prospective use of Fitbit devices for clinical and research purposes. Those who have chronic health conditions are often required to spend considerable amounts of money and time undergoing physiological tests and activity monitoring to support, stabilize, and manage their health. This disease burden is only amplified in pediatric populations. Devices that are used to collect these data can be invasive, uncomfortable, and disconcerting. Using the Fitbit tracker to acquire such biometric data could ease this burden. Our scoping review seeks to summarize the research that has been conducted on the utilization of Fitbit de

SUBMITTER: Kasparian A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9343978 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature