Wearable Activity Trackers for Monitoring Adherence to Home Confinement During the COVID-19 Pandemic Worldwide: Data Aggregation and Analysis

In the context of home confinement during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, objective, real-time data are needed to assess populations' adherence to home confinement to adapt policies and control measures accordingly. The aim of this study was to determine whether wearable activity t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of medical Internet research Jg. 22; H. 6; S. e19787
Hauptverfasser: Pépin, Jean Louis, Bruno, Rosa Maria, Yang, Rui-Yi, Vercamer, Vincent, Jouhaud, Paul, Escourrou, Pierre, Boutouyrie, Pierre
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Canada JMIR Publications 19.06.2020
Schlagworte:
Adult
Betacoronavirus
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control
Coronavirus Infections - transmission
COVID-19
Data Aggregation
Data Analysis
Europe
Female
Fitness Trackers
France
Human health and pathology
Humans
Life Sciences
Locomotion
Male
Middle Aged
Pandemics - prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral - transmission
SARS-CoV-2
Short Paper
Social Isolation
Spain
France
Europe
Spain
COVID-19
home confinement
wearable activity trackers
lockdown
wearables
monitoring
pandemic
tracking
ISSN:1438-8871, 1439-4456, 1438-8871
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Zusammenfassung:In the context of home confinement during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, objective, real-time data are needed to assess populations' adherence to home confinement to adapt policies and control measures accordingly. The aim of this study was to determine whether wearable activity trackers could provide information regarding users' adherence to home confinement policies because of their capacity for seamless and continuous monitoring of individuals' natural activity patterns regardless of their location. We analyzed big data from individuals using activity trackers (Withings) that count the wearer's average daily number of steps in a number of representative nations that adopted different modalities of restriction of citizens' activities. Data on the number of steps per day from over 740,000 individuals around the world were analyzed. We demonstrate the 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 ranged from 25% to 54%. Partial lockdown (characterized by social distancing measures such as school closures, bar and restaurant closures, and cancellation of public meetings but without strict home confinement) does not appear to have a significant impact on people's activity compared to the pre-pandemic period. The absolute level of physical activity under total home confinement in European countries is around twofold that in China. In some countries, such as France and Spain, physical activity started to gradually decrease even before official commitment to lockdown as a result of initial less stringent restriction orders or self-quarantine. However, physical activity began to increase again in the last 2 weeks, suggesting a decrease in compliance with confinement orders. Aggregate analysis of activity tracker data with the potential for daily updates can provide information regarding adherence to home confinement policies.
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PMCID: PMC7307323
ISSN:1438-8871
1439-4456
1438-8871
DOI:10.2196/19787