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The influence of a consumer-wearable activity tracker on sedentary time and prolonged sedentary bouts: secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Research Notes, March 2018
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Title
The influence of a consumer-wearable activity tracker on sedentary time and prolonged sedentary bouts: secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial
Published in
BMC Research Notes, March 2018
DOI 10.1186/s13104-018-3306-9
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Robert A. Sloan, Youngdeok Kim, Aarti Sahasranaman, Falk Müller-Riemenschneider, Stuart J. H. Biddle, Eric A. Finkelstein

Abstract

A recent meta-analysis surmised pedometers were a useful panacea to independently reduce sedentary time (ST). To further test and expand on this deduction, we analyzed the ability of a consumer-wearable activity tracker to reduce ST and prolonged sedentary bouts (PSB). We originally conducted a 12-month randomized control trial where 800 employees from 13 organizations were assigned to control, activity tracker, or one of two activity tracker plus incentive groups designed to increase step count. The primary outcome was accelerometer measured moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. We conducted a secondary analysis on accelerometer measured daily ST and PSB bouts. A general linear mixed model was used to examine changes in ST and prolonged sedentary bouts, followed by between-group pairwise comparisons. Regression analyses were conducted to examine the association of changes in step counts with ST and PSB. The changes in ST and PSB were not statistically significant and not different between the groups (P < 0.05). Increases in step counts were concomitantly associated with decreases in ST and PSB, regardless of intervention (P < 0.05). Caution should be taken when considering consumer-wearable activity trackers as a means to reduce sedentary behavior. Trial registration NCT01855776 Registered: August 8, 2012.

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Unknown 143 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 22 15%
Student > Master 18 13%
Student > Bachelor 13 9%
Researcher 10 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 7 5%
Other 19 13%
Unknown 54 38%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 25 17%
Nursing and Health Professions 14 10%
Sports and Recreations 12 8%
Computer Science 5 3%
Psychology 5 3%
Other 22 15%
Unknown 60 42%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 23. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 September 2020.
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#1,591,492
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#4
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