Smartphone technology can be utilized to measure a variety of daily activities, including the sleep-wake cycle. The data collected by smartphones can be further enhanced and verified by participant sleep diaries and actigraphy (a small device that is worn like a watch...
The activPAL device is typically used to collect data on step count and walking, sit-to-stand transitions, and sedentary time in older adults. Older adults tend to be more sedentary than other age groups, making data collected from the activPAL device especially...
Smartphones can provide valuable insight into human behavior patterns that cannot be measured through surveys. Although this data can be very useful and convenient to collect, there is some question around the quality of smartphone data, as errors can arise through...
The results of the study showed that the average step counts recorded by different devices were fairly close, ranging from 11,734 to 11,922 steps. The consumer monitors tested in the study generally provided accurate estimates of step counts, and the Charge2 and...
Smartphones an be very useful in survey research, but it is important the surveys are properly optimized to be completed on a smartphone. This can include selecting questions that are easier to complete on a smartphone, ensure that questions are fit to the width of...
