Jessica Faul - Using Wearable Devices to Assess Physical Activity and Sleep Behavior in the Health and Retirement Study - JPSM MPSM Seminar - April 7, 2021
Using Wearable Devices to Assess Physical
Activity and Sleep Behavior in the Health and Retirement Study
Increasingly it has become feasible to use wearable devices to assess
physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep patterns among large numbers
of participants in epidemiologic and cohort studies, allowing for more precise
assessments of these behaviors and examination of their associations with
health outcomes. In 2019, the Health and
Retirement Study (HRS) used the GENEactiv wrist device to measure physical
activity and sleep over 10 days among 380 pilot study participants. Devices were sent to and returned by consenting
participants via mail along with a short