Back to Search
Start Over
Wearable activity trackers and health awareness: Nursing implications
- Source :
- International Journal of Nursing Sciences, Vol 7, Iss 2, Pp 179-183 (2020), International Journal of Nursing Sciences
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2020.
-
Abstract
- Purpose Wearable devices are commonly used to measure physical activity. However, it remains unclear the effect of wearing these devices on health awareness. Our aim was to provide evidence related to wearing physical activity trackers and health awareness. Methods A quantitative comparison study design was used comparing participants who wore physical activity tracking devices (n = 108) and those who did not (n = 112). A paper-based Physical Health Knowledge survey designed for the purpose of this research was used for data collection in 2018. Results A difference between participants who wore physical activity tracking devices and those that did not was identified in relation to activity levels and physical health awareness. Wearable devices are suggested as an opportunity for nurses to engage people in physical activity with the potential to improve their health awareness. Conclusions Nurses are well placed in the healthcare landscape to work with patients who own an activity tracker device concerning increasing activity self-monitoring. This information the patient has from the device can also form the basis of health discussions between nurses and the people in their care.
- Subjects :
- BitTorrent tracker
Applied psychology
Fitness trackers
Wearable computer
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Health care
030212 general & internal medicine
Exercise
Wearable electronic devices
General Nursing
Wearable technology
lcsh:RT1-120
Data collection
lcsh:Nursing
030504 nursing
business.industry
Activity tracker
Health literacy
Knowledge survey
Health behaviour
Original Article
Tracking (education)
0305 other medical science
Psychology
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 23520132
- Volume :
- 7
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Nursing Sciences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d577294ca89f03dcb418d0e04bb6f271