Published on in Vol 7 (2024)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/60209, first published .
Assessment of Wearable Device Adherence for Monitoring Physical Activity in Older Adults: Pilot Cohort Study

Assessment of Wearable Device Adherence for Monitoring Physical Activity in Older Adults: Pilot Cohort Study

Assessment of Wearable Device Adherence for Monitoring Physical Activity in Older Adults: Pilot Cohort Study

Huitong Ding   1, 2 , PhD ;   Kristi Ho   1 , BS ;   Edward Searls   1 , MS ;   Spencer Low   1 , MPH ;   Zexu Li   1 , MS ;   Salman Rahman   1 , BS ;   Sanskruti Madan   1 , MPH ;   Akwaugo Igwe   1 , BA ;   Zachary Popp   1 , MPH ;   Alexa Burk   1 , BS ;   Huanmei Wu   3 , PhD ;   Ying Ding   4 , PhD ;   Phillip H Hwang   1, 2, 5 , PhD, MPH ;   Ileana De Anda-Duran   6 , MD, MPH ;   Vijaya B Kolachalama   7, 8 , PhD ;   Katherine A Gifford   1, 2, 9 , PhD ;   Ludy C Shih   10 , MD ;   Rhoda Au   1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 12 , PhD ;   Honghuang Lin   13 , PhD

1 Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States

2 The Framingham Heart Study, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States

3 Department of Health Services Administration and Policy, Temple University College of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA, United States

4 School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States

5 Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States

6 School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United States

7 Department of Computer Science and Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States

8 Department of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States

9 Vanderbilt Memory & Alzheimer’s Center, Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States

10 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

11 Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States

12 Departments of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States

13 Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Honghuang Lin, PhD
  • Department of Medicine
  • University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
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  • Worcester, MA, 01655
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  • Email: honghuang.lin@umassmed.edu