Accepted for/Published in: Journal of Medical Internet Research
Date Submitted: May 1, 2020
Date Accepted: Jun 4, 2020
Date Submitted to PubMed: Jun 5, 2020
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Wearable activity trackers for monitoring adherence to home confinement during the Covid-19 pandemic: a worldwide picture
ABSTRACT
Background:
In the context of Covid-19 home confinement, objective, real-time data are needed to assess the population’s adherence to home confinement in order to adapt policies and control measures.
Objective:
To determine whether data collected from wearable activity trackers can be used to monitor adherence to home confinement at the population level.
Methods:
Wearable activity trackers provide continuous monitoring of people’s natural activity patterns whatever their location. We analyzed data on number of steps per day from over 660,000 individuals around the world.
Results:
We showed physical activity patterns in several representative countries with total, partial or no home confinement. The decrease in steps per day in regions with strict total home confinement is striking.
Conclusions:
Aggregate analysis of activity tracker data, with the potential for a daily update, can inform governments on the adherence to home-confinement policies.
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