The Use of Wearable Activity Trackers Among Older Adults: Focus Group Study of Tracker Perceptions, Motivators, and Barriers in the Maintenance Stage of Behavior Change

BackgroundWearable activity trackers offer the opportunity to increase physical activity through continuous monitoring. Viewing tracker use as a beneficial health behavior, we explored the factors that facilitate and hinder long-term activity tracker use, applying the transtheoretical model of behav...

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Main Authors: Kononova, Anastasia, Li, Lin, Kamp, Kendra, Bowen, Marie, Rikard, RV, Cotten, Shelia, Peng, Wei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JMIR Publications 2019-04-01
Series:JMIR mHealth and uHealth
Online Access:https://mhealth.jmir.org/2019/4/e9832/