Anxious or empowered? A cross-sectional study exploring how wearable activity trackers make their owners feel

Abstract Background The market for wearable activity trackers has grown prolifically in recent years, with increasing numbers of consumers using them to track, measure, and ideally improve their health and wellbeing. Empirical evidence tends to support wearables as valid, reliable, and effective hea...

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Main Authors: Jillian Ryan, Sarah Edney, Carol Maher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Psychology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40359-019-0315-y