Do wearable activity trackers have a place in pharmacies?

Mercer, Kate; Li, Melissa; Grindrod, Kelly

doi:10.1177/1715163515579221

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“…19,20 Some studies focusing on older adults’ experiences of wearable technology, show that preconceptions make individuals more wary of the technology, 19 often with older adults considering it to be designed for younger people. 21 However, interestingly, older adults within one study specifically stated that promotion of these wearable devices by health professionals would make them more likely to use them. 21…”

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Health professionals’ attitudes to patients’ use of wearable technology

2019

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Objective Wearable technologies for health monitoring are becoming increasingly mainstream. However, there is currently limited evidence exploring use from the perspective of healthcare professionals. This study aimed to explore health professionals’ attitudes toward their patients’ use of wearable technologies. Methods A convenience sample of health professionals was recruited to participate in this study. Qualitative semi-structured interviews were carried out either face-to-face, via Skype or telephone. Interviews were recorded using a Dictaphone, transcribed verbatim and analysed using thematic analysis. Results Four themes emerged from the qualitative findings: ‘opportunities for wearable technology’, ‘usability and understanding’, ‘privacy and surveillance’ and ‘cost’. Conclusions The findings portray health professionals’ ambivalence to the use of wearable technology, and it was apparent that whilst the participants considered the technology as being beneficial to patients, they still had concerns for its use.

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“…21 However, interestingly, older adults within one study specifically stated that promotion of these wearable devices by health professionals would make them more likely to use them. 21…”

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Health professionals’ attitudes to patients’ use of wearable technology

2019

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“…Although many adults are now aware of this technology with its increased popularity, this population still shows slow rates of adoption that depends on many factors, including activity tracker trial and price [8,9]. Only a few studies have been done to understand how and why older adults maintain the use of activity trackers and why they choose not to use or stop using this wearable technology [10-12]. Even if individuals decide to use activity trackers or are given a tracker at no cost, it does not guarantee that they will continue using them on a long-term basis.…”

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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

Kononova

Kamp

et al. 2019

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth

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Background Wearable 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 behavior change with the focus on the maintenance stage and relapse. Objective The aim of this study was to investigate older adults’ perceptions and uses of activity trackers at different points of use: from nonuse and short-term use to long-term use and abandoned use to determine the factors to maintain tracker use and prevent users from discontinuing tracker usage. Methods Data for the research come from 10 focus groups. Of them, 4 focus groups included participants who had never used activity trackers (n=17). These focus groups included an activity tracker trial. The other 6 focus groups (without the activity tracker trial) were conducted with short-term (n=9), long-term (n=11), and former tracker users (n=11; 2 focus groups per user type). Results The results revealed that older adults in different tracker use stages liked and wished for different tracker features, with long-term users (users in the maintenance stage) being the most diverse and sophisticated users of the technology. Long-term users had developed a habit of tracker use whereas other participants made an effort to employ various encouragement strategies to ensure behavior maintenance. Social support through collaboration was the primary motivator for long-term users to maintain activity tracker use. Short-term and former users focused on competition, and nonusers engaged in vicarious tracker use experiences. Former users, or those who relapsed by abandoning their trackers, indicated that activity tracker use was fueled by curiosity in quantifying daily physical activity rather than the desire to increase physical activity. Long-term users saw a greater range of pros in activity tracker use whereas others focused on the cons of this behavior. Conclusions The results suggest that activity trackers may be an effective technology to encourage physical activity among older adults, especially those who have never tried it. However, initial positive response to tracker use does not guarantee tracker use maintenance. Maintenance depends on recognizing the long-term benefits of tracker use, social support, and internal motivation. Nonadoption and relapse may occur because of technology’s limitations and gaining awareness of one’s physical activity without changing the physical activity level itself.

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“…Kathryn Mercer, a PhD student at the University of Waterloo, discusses how pharmacists can encourage physical activity for their patients. 7 This includes helping them set a step goal, hosting a walking program and, perhaps, recommending wearable activity trackers. Indeed, wearable activity trackers could be considered a health device.…”

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Pharmacy students are vital to the future of the profession / Les étudiants en pharmacie moteur du changement

Tsuyuki¹

2015

Can Pharm J

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Do wearable activity trackers have a place in pharmacies?

Cited by 7 publications

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Health professionals’ attitudes to patients’ use of wearable technology

Health professionals’ attitudes to patients’ use of wearable technology

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

Pharmacy students are vital to the future of the profession / Les étudiants en pharmacie moteur du changement

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