Reporting of Physical Activity Device Measurement and Analysis Protocols in Lifestyle Interventions
Year: 2019
Type: article
Study design: Systematic Review
Abstract: This systematic review examined the extent to which lifestyle physical activity interventions that used wearable devices (eg, pedometers, accelerometers) reported on the length of device wear time requested in their protocols, criteria for analytic inclusion of data, and participant compliance with device use protocols. Literature were searches were conducted using PubMed, Cochrane Central Register, and PsychInfo. Studies were included if they were the main outcomes paper of a trial that reported on a randomized or quasi-randomized trial focused on increasing lifestyle physical activity and were published between January 1, 2006 and March 30, 2016. Titles and abstracts were screened by 2 independent reviewers; eligible full texts were retrieved and reviewed by 2 independent reviewers. A total of 104 studies used wearable devices (n = 57 pedometers, n = 47 accelerometers). Most studies (n = 65, 67.3%) asked participants to wear devices for 7 days. Almost half of the studies (n = 46, 44.2%) did not report minimum device wear time required for analytic inclusion of data, and variation existed among studies reporting these criteria. Most studies (n = 60, 57.7%) did not report average device wear time, or participant compliance with device wear. Overall, there was heterogeneity in reporting of physical activity device data. Refinement and streamlining of guidelines for device use, analysis, and reporting of data could improve comparability across studies.
Language: English
Topic: Physical Activity and Health
Subfield: Physiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Center for Scientific Review, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Awards: G107672957, G161192009, University of Massachusetts Center for Clinical and Translational Science, G3610173559, G4674951196, UMass Center for Health Equity Intervention Research, J: NRSA Training Core, Enhancing the success of underrepresented students in the biomedical sciences, G6723710033, Evidence-Based Public Health Approaches to Promote Cardiometabolic Health: A Mixed Methods Study of Community Health Improvement Plans, G7998389844, Implementation Research Training Program in Cancer Prevention and Control, Home and Environment Factors Influencing Teen Sugar Sweetened Beverage Consumption, G8661741119, G8884145307, New York Regional Center for Diabetes Translation Research
OpenAlex ID: W2962806720