Uptake of a Wearable Activity Tracker in a Community-Based Weight Loss Program
| dc.contributor.author | Taggart, Anna Elizabeth | en |
| dc.contributor.committeechair | Estabrooks, Paul A. | en |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Wilson, Kathryn E. | en |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | You, Wen | en |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Harden, Samantha M. | en |
| dc.contributor.department | Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-12-01T07:00:34Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2017-12-01T07:00:34Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-06-08 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this thesis was to determine the proportion of participants enrolled in a community-based weight loss program that would accept and use a wearable device (Fitbit) if included as part of the program. A sample of 526 newly enrolled, adult, female weight loss program participants (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 ) were recruited. Participants were randomized to either a Fitbit experimental condition or no-Fitbit control condition, and received emailed information on program features. The experimental condition email also included a free Fitbit offer. The full sample (n=526) was 44±12.6 years old with a BMI of 37±6.2 kg/m2. The proportion of experimental sample (n=266) that accepted and synced was 50% and 23%, respectively. Twenty-two participants in the control condition (8%) also independently obtained and synced a Fitbit. Ninety-nine percent passively declined (did not respond to request for Fitbit color and size information). Those that declined were older (46±13.4 vs. 42±11.3 years of age, p=.001) and weighed less (214±38.9lbs. vs. 231±41.3lbs., p=.01) than those who accepted. Those in the experimental sample who synced were younger (42±10.0 vs. 45±13.2 years of age, p=.012), and weighed more (237±45.2lbs. vs. 217±38.1lbs., p=.002) than those who accepted but did not sync. This thesis provides preliminary support that 23% of participants will accept and sync a free wearable device. These data can be used for decision making, combined with effectiveness and cost data, and research on wearable activity trackers and community, incentive, and web-based weight loss. | en |
| dc.description.degree | Master of Science | en |
| dc.format.medium | ETD | en |
| dc.identifier.other | vt_gsexam:8158 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/80907 | en |
| dc.publisher | Virginia Tech | en |
| dc.rights | In Copyright | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | en |
| dc.subject | Obesity | en |
| dc.subject | wearable devices | en |
| dc.subject | weight loss | en |
| dc.subject | incentives | en |
| dc.subject | RE-AIM | en |
| dc.subject | reach | en |
| dc.subject | social cognitive theory | en |
| dc.subject | behavioral science | en |
| dc.title | Uptake of a Wearable Activity Tracker in a Community-Based Weight Loss Program | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | en |
| thesis.degree.level | masters | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Science | en |
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