Trial reportPain medicine (Malden, Mass.)2020
Acceptability and Effects of Commercially Available Activity Trackers for Chronic Pain Management Among Older African American Adults.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Digital Health Interventions to Promote Physical Activity in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Semiquantitative Analysis.International journal of public health · 2024Pooled it
- mHealth Apps Using Behavior Change Techniques to Self-report Data: Systematic Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2022Pooled it
- Digital Health Interventions for Musculoskeletal Pain Conditions: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Pooled it
- Patient-Centered mHealth Intervention to Improve Self-Care in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure: Phase 1 Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Trial
- Utilization of telemedicine in conjunction with wearable devices for patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain: a randomized controlled clinical trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Improving Inclusion of Ethnically Diverse and Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Populations in Pain Research: A Comprehensive Review and Evidence-Based Recommendations.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Review
- Community-driven, culturally tailored interventions for MSK pain in Black/African Americans: A scoping review.The journal of pain · 2026Article
- Retrospective Frailty Assessment in Older Adults Using Inertial Measurement Unit-Based Deep Learning on Gait Spectrograms.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- An approach to boost adherence to self-data reporting in mHealth applications for users without specific health conditions.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2025Article
- Wearable Devices for Supporting Chronic Disease Self-Management: Scoping Review.Interactive journal of medical research · 2024Article
- Electronic Wearable Device Use for Physical Activity in Older Adults: A Qualitative Study.Work, aging and retirement · 2024Article
- Characterizing terminology applied by authors and database producers to informatics literature on consumer engagement with wearable devices.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2023Article
- Physical activity monitoring-based interventions in geriatric patients: a scoping review on intervention components and clinical applicability.European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity · 2023Article
- Willingness to Use Mobile Health Devices in the Post-COVID-19 Era: Nationwide Cross-sectional Study in China.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- A Pilot Study of a Chronic Pain Self-Management Program Delivered by Community Health Workers to Underserved African American Older Adults.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2022Article
- Fitbit Activity, Quota-Based Pacing, and Physical and Emotional Functioning Among Adults With Chronic Pain.The journal of pain · 2022Article
- Consumer Health Informatics for Racial and Ethnic Minoritized Communities: Minor Progress, Major Opportunities.Yearbook of medical informatics · 2022Review
- Wearing the Future-Wearables to Empower Users to Take Greater Responsibility for Their Health and Care: Scoping Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2022Article
- Perceptions on wearable sensor-based interventions for monitoring of opioid therapy: A qualitative study.Frontiers in digital health · 2022Article
- Patterns of Use and Key Predictors for the Use of Wearable Health Care Devices by US Adults: Insights from a National Survey.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundWearable activity trackers may facilitate walking for chronic pain management.
objectiveWe assessed the acceptability of a commercially available tracker and three alternative modes of reporting daily steps among older adults in a low-income, urban community. We examined whether using the tracker (Fitbit ZipTM) was associated with improvements in functioning and activity.
designRandomized controlled pilot and feasibility trial. SUBJECTS: Fifty-one African American adults in Detroit, Michigan, aged 60 to 85 years, with chronic musculoskeletal pain (28 in the intervention group, 23 controls).
methodsParticipants completed telephone surveys at baseline and eight weeks. Intervention participants wore trackers for six weeks, alternately reporting daily step counts via text messages, automated telephone calls, and syncing (two weeks each). We used multimethods to assess satisfaction with trackers and reporting modalities. Adherence was indicated by the proportion of expected days on which valid step counts were reported. We assessed changes in pain interference, physical function, social participation, walking frequency, and walking duration.
resultsMore than 90% of participants rated trackers as easy to use, but some had technical or dexterity-related difficulties. Text reporting yielded 79% reporting adherence vs 69% each for automated calls and syncing. Intervention participants did not show greater improvement in functioning or walking than controls.
conclusionsWith appropriate support, wearable activity trackers and mHealth reporting for chronic pain self-care are feasible for use by vulnerable older adults. Future research should test whether the effects of trackers on pain-related outcomes can be enhanced by incorporating behavior change strategies and training in evidence-based cognitive-behavioral techniques.
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