ReviewPLOS digital health2022
Challenges and recommendations for wearable devices in digital health: Data quality, interoperability, health equity, fairness.
Review in PLOS digital health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 139 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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139 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Development Boards and Microcontroller Platforms in Sports and Physical Activity: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Pooled it
- Wearable Devices for Remote Monitoring of Chronic Diseases: Systematic Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Pooled it
- Use of Mobile Sensing Data for Longitudinal Monitoring and Prediction of Depression Severity: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Applications of digital health technologies and artificial intelligence algorithms in COPD: systematic review.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2025Pooled it
- Impact of an mHealth App on Digital Transformation: Randomized Clinical Trial on Strengthening Digital Skills in Older Women.JMIR formative research · 2026Trial
- Analysing longitudinal wearable physical activity data using non-stationary time series models.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Trial
- Willingness to Share Smartwatch-Generated Health Data Among a Sample of Adults in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Research Study Attrition and Participant-Informed Retention Strategies Among Cancer Survivors.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Wearable Technologies for Gait Instability Rehabilitation: Mechanisms, Clinical Evidence, and Future Directions.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- From frailty-driven to frailty-informed care in the age of wearable AI.Communications medicine · 2026Review
- Perceptions of care home residents, families and staff about wearable devices: a scoping review.European geriatric medicine · 2026Article
- Examining the Role of Wearables in Inflammatory Arthritis Care: A Narrative Literature Review.The Journal of rheumatology · 2026Review
- The Epidemiology of Working Life: Reorganizing Occupational Health Science Around Work-Structured Exposure Systems.American journal of industrial medicine · 2026Article
- Retrieval-Augmented Large Language Model Counseling for Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Diabetes: Source-Masked Multirater Comparative Evaluation.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Advances and Challenges in Wearable Sensors for Health Monitoring.ACS applied materials & interfaces · 2026Review
- From Sensors to Systems: Real-Time Human Performance and Health Monitoring.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Consumer Smartwatch Technology in Health and Performance Research: Validity, Limitations, and Real-World Applications.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Wearable Devices and Machine Learning in Cardiovascular Monitoring: Current Evidence and Future Directions for Precision Medicine.Journal of personalized medicine · 2026Review
- Wearable Sensing for Clinical Physiology Monitoring: Emerging Paradigms.Physiology (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Review
- Big Data and Trustworthy AI for Heart Failure: A Review.Circulation. Heart failure · 2026Review
79 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Wearable devices are increasingly present in the health context, as tools for biomedical research and clinical care. In this context, wearables are considered key tools for a more digital, personalised, preventive medicine. At the same time, wearables have also been associated with issues and risks, such as those connected to privacy and data sharing. Yet, discussions in the literature have mostly focused on either technical or ethical considerations, framing these as largely separate areas of discussion, and the contribution of wearables to the collection, development, application of biomedical knowledge has only partially been discussed. To fill in these gaps, in this article we provide an epistemic (knowledge-related) overview of the main functions of wearable technology for health: monitoring, screening, detection, and prediction. On this basis, we identify 4 areas of concern in the application of wearables for these functions: data quality, balanced estimations, health equity, and fairness. To move the field forward in an effective and beneficial direction, we present recommendations for the 4 areas: local standards of quality, interoperability, access, and representativity.
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