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Factors Influencing Continued Wearable Device Use in Older Adult Populations: Quantitative Study.

Karla Muñoz EsquivelJames GillespieDaniel KellyJoan CondellRichard John DaviesCatherine McHughWilliam DuffyElina NevalaAntti AlamäkiJuha JalovaaraSalvatore TedescoJohn BartonProf Suzanne TimmonsAnna Nordström
Published in: JMIR aging (2023)
This study concludes that comfort and accuracy are the 2 main influencing factors in sustaining wearable device use. This study suggests that the reported factors influencing usability are transferable to other wearable sensor systems. Future work will aim to test this hypothesis using the same methodology on a cohort using other wearable technologies.
Keyphrases
  • heart rate
  • healthcare
  • physical activity
  • young adults
  • current status