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ArticleJournal for the measurement of physical behaviour2019

A Methodological Approach to Retaining Accelerometers and Associated Data in Community-Based Studies.

Gregory Knell, Deborah Salvo, Kerem Shuval, Casey Durand, Harold W Kohl, Kelley P Gabriel

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Article in Journal for the measurement of physical behaviour, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Gregory KnellKnell, Kohl, and Gabriel are with the Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, TX. Salvo is with the Prevention Research Center at the Brown School, Washington University, St. Louis, MO. Shuval is with the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel, and the American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA. Durand is with the Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science at the School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, TX.
Deborah SalvoKnell, Kohl, and Gabriel are with the Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, TX. Salvo is with the Prevention Research Center at the Brown School, Washington University, St. Louis, MO. Shuval is with the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel, and the American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA. Durand is with the Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science at the School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, TX.
Kerem ShuvalKnell, Kohl, and Gabriel are with the Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, TX. Salvo is with the Prevention Research Center at the Brown School, Washington University, St. Louis, MO. Shuval is with the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel, and the American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA. Durand is with the Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science at the School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, TX.
Casey DurandKnell, Kohl, and Gabriel are with the Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, TX. Salvo is with the Prevention Research Center at the Brown School, Washington University, St. Louis, MO. Shuval is with the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel, and the American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA. Durand is with the Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science at the School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, TX.
Harold W KohlKnell, Kohl, and Gabriel are with the Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, TX. Salvo is with the Prevention Research Center at the Brown School, Washington University, St. Louis, MO. Shuval is with the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel, and the American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA. Durand is with the Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science at the School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, TX.
Kelley P GabrielKnell, Kohl, and Gabriel are with the Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, TX. Salvo is with the Prevention Research Center at the Brown School, Washington University, St. Louis, MO. Shuval is with the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel, and the American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA. Durand is with the Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science at the School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, TX.

Funding

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE EDUCATION--CANCER PREVENTION/CONTROLR25CA057712 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI MULLEN, PATRICIA DOLAN · 1992 to 2017
$8.6M
Effects of Light Rail Transit on Physical Activity: A Natural ExperimentR01DK101593 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI KOHL, HAROLD WILLIS · 2013 to 2017
$3.2M
Cancer Prevention and Control Research Training and Career Development ProgramT32CA057712 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI Bijal A. Balasubramanian, Maria Eulalia Fernandez · 2018 to 2026
$3.2M
NCI NIH HHS R25 CA057712NCI NIH HHS T32 CA057712NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK101593
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent technological advances allow for field-based data collection of accelerometers in community-based studies. Mail-based administration can markedly reduce the cost and logistic challenges and burden associated with in-person data collection. It necessitates, however, other resources, such as phone calls and mailed reminder prompts, to increase protocol compliance and data recovery. Additionally, lost accelerometers can impact the study's budget and its internal validity due to missing data. In this article, we present an applied methodological approach used to define thresholds (or cutoff points) at which pursuing unreturned accelerometers is a worthwhile versus futile pursuit. This methodological approach was designed, specifically, to maximize scalability across multiple sectors. We used data from an on-going study that administered accelerometers through the mail to illustrate and encourage investigators to replicate the approach for use in their own studies. In heterogeneous study samples, investigators might consider repeating this approach by study-relevant strata to refine thresholds and improve the return percentages of data collection instruments, minimize the potential missing data, and optimize study staff time and resources.

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physical activitysensorswearable technology

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PMID42808094
PMCPMC13618876

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