Annoyed to Discontinue: Factors Influencing (Dis)Continuance of Using Activity Tracking Wearables

Fietkiewicz, Kaja J.; Ilhan, Aylin

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-78465-2_28

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“…Acute changes in self-reported anxiety and annoyance were lower after the MICT trial (pre vs. post), and the mean difference in annoyance was lower in the MICT compared to the MIIT trial. The data do not suggest that acute mood changes influenced either exercise enjoyment or self-efficacy; however, evidence has demonstrated that high levels of annoyance and anxiety negatively impact adherence to exercise programs [ 33 , 34 ]. Moreover, acute exercise has been shown to significantly alter levels of anxiety among both healthy individuals and those suffering from both physical and mental disorders [ 35 ].…”

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The Effect of Self-Selected Exercise Workloads on Perceived Enjoyment and Self-Efficacy in Sedentary Adults

Waaso

Gofton

Zuhl

2022

Behavioral Sciences

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Self-selected workloads are shown to be more enjoyable than researcher-selected workloads. In addition, it is unclear if sedentary adults find aerobic interval or continuous exercise more pleasant. Therefore, the primary purpose of this study was to determine the effects of two acute bouts (interval vs. continuous) of self-selected moderate-intensity treadmill exercises on perceived enjoyment and self-efficacy towards exercise in a sedentary cohort. Methods: Sixteen sedentary adults completed two 30 min bouts of moderate-intensity treadmill activity, one interval and one continuous. Participants blindly (could not see speed, grade, and heart rate) selected their own treadmill workload with guidance from the Borg RPE 6–20 scale. Post-exercise self-efficacy and perceived enjoyment were assessed using the Self-Efficacy for Exercise Scale and the Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale, respectively. Exercise workloads using treadmill speed and grade and exercise heart rate were compared between trials. Results: No significant differences were found between conditions for self-selected workloads (p = 0.62), self-efficacy (p = 0.58), perceived enjoyment (p = 0.41), and heart rate (p = 0.12). Discussion: Sedentary individuals reported no difference in self-efficacy or perceived exercise enjoyment. Participants were, however, adequate in self-selecting their own intensities with RPE guidance as there were no differences in the workloads across conditions. These results suggest that when able to self-select moderate-intensity exercise workloads, sedentary individuals equally enjoy both interval and continuous exercise.

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The Effect of Self-Selected Exercise Workloads on Perceived Enjoyment and Self-Efficacy in Sedentary Adults

Waaso

Gofton

Zuhl

2022

Behavioral Sciences

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“…Additionally, prior research on health-care wearable technology and its uses tended to concentrate on particular age groups, using the TAM, UTAUT and UTAUT2 perspectives. Interestingly research, to date, has focused primarily on the characteristics that motivate users to embrace a new wearable device (Park, 2020;Yang et al, 2022;Huarng et al, 2022); and another few that focus on its abandonment (Lazar et al, 2015;Shen et al, 2018;Fietkiewicz and Ilhan, 2021;Attig and Franke, 2022), as opposed to those that encourage continued usage. Precisely speaking, there remains a paucity of research regarding user adoption behaviour and the actual use of such technology (Lee and Lee, 2020).…”

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What motivates users to continually use wearable medical devices? Evidence from a developing nation

Jamwal,

Kanojia,

Dhiman

2023

IJPHM

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Purpose Wearable medical devices (WMDs) are improving people’s health and well-being in a noble way, as these aid in effective personal health monitoring, remote surveillance and overall illness management. Despite its wider applicability and usage, it is prevalent that users discontinue its usage, which presents an obstacle in the proliferation of such vital innovations among the masses. Therefore, relying on the expectation-confirmation model (ECM), this study aims to delve deeper to explain the factors that motivate users to continually use WMDs by incorporating novel variables, namely, health belief, health information accuracy and privacy protection. Design/methodology/approach The study proposes and tests an extended ECM perspective to predict the continuance intention (CI) of WMDs among users. By using structural equation modelling using SmartPLS, the authors tested the model on Indian people (n = 451) who had an erstwhile experience of using WMDs. Findings The study results show that confirmation of users’ expectations positively impacts their usefulness and satisfaction towards WMDs. Moreover, satisfaction towards WMDs is the strongest predictor of users’ CI, followed by perceived usefulness. Interestingly, personal factor such as health beliefs reveals a greater influence on perceived usefulness than technological factors like health information accuracy and privacy protection. Research limitations/implications The study findings demonstrate the significance of using the expectation-confirmation perspective in technology-based studies in general and WMDs, in particular. This study aids by offering an integrated model of WMD’s continued usage intention for the users, in addition to practical implications for marketers and policymakers. Originality/value A paucity of research exists when understanding the predictors of CI for WMDs. This study fills this gap and adds to behavioural literature by offering a noble viewpoint involving an extended ECM perspective.

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“…Other studies have stated that tracking wearable devices is a trend of today’s leisure activities ( Lidynia et al, 2018 ), which might lead to different using behavior such as how individuals adopt, use, and continue to use such devices ( Canhoto and Arp, 2017 ). This would suggest that wearables may not be as sustainable as they may seem ( Fietkiewicz and Ilhan, 2021 ). Therefore, it is important to determine consumers’ continuance use intention of Apple Watch for guided respiration practice.…”

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The Relationship of Breathing and COVID-19 Anxiety When Using Smart Watches for Guided Respiration Practice: A Cross-Sectional Study

Chen

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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COVID-19 mortality rates are increasing worldwide, which has led to many highly restrictive precautionary measures and a strong sense of anxiety about the outbreak for many people around the world. There is thus an increasing concern about COVID-19 anxiety, resulting in recommending approaches for effective self-care. From a positive psychology perspective, it is also important for people to have positive affect when dealing with this pandemic. According to previous literature, respiration is considered to be an effective way to enhance people’s mental health. Among all the wearable devices, Apple Watch has the largest market share, so this study recruited Chinese users that use respiration exercise function on Apple Watch; a total of 316 valid data were retrieved. Meanwhile, to understand one approach related to using Apple Watch to practice respiration to reduce COVID-19 anxiety about being infected during the COVID-19 outbreak, this study used a web-based cross-sectional survey to examine anxiety about being infected by COVID-19 among Chinese people who had been using the Apple Watch to practice respiration during the period of the COVID-19 outbreak. The study was based on the Health Theoretical Model, and the model was developed with four dimensions and was validated with structural equation modeling. The results of this study showed that practicing few minutes had a positive relationship on positive attitude, and positive attitude had a negative relationship on pandemic anxiety and a positive relationship on continuance use intention. Anxiety about the pandemic had a negative relationship on the intention to continue using the function. This showed that respiration practice can help to suppress the increase in anxiety levels regarding this pandemic.

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Annoyed to Discontinue: Factors Influencing (Dis)Continuance of Using Activity Tracking Wearables

Cited by 3 publications

References 55 publications

The Effect of Self-Selected Exercise Workloads on Perceived Enjoyment and Self-Efficacy in Sedentary Adults

The Effect of Self-Selected Exercise Workloads on Perceived Enjoyment and Self-Efficacy in Sedentary Adults

What motivates users to continually use wearable medical devices? Evidence from a developing nation

The Relationship of Breathing and COVID-19 Anxiety When Using Smart Watches for Guided Respiration Practice: A Cross-Sectional Study

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