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Association between patient factors and the effectiveness of wearable trackers at increasing the number of steps per day among adults with Cardiometabolic conditions: meta-analysis of individual patient data from randomized controlled trials.

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posted on 2023-06-10, 04:39 authored by Alexander Hodkinson, Evangelos Kontopantelis, Salwa S Zghebi, Christos Grigoroglou, Brian McMillan, Harm van MarwijkHarm van Marwijk, Peter Bower, Dialechti Tsimpida, Charles F Emery, Mark R Burge, Hunter Esmiol, Margaret E Cupples, Mark A Tully, Kaberi Dasgupta, Stella S Daskalopoulou, Others
Background Current evidence supports the use of wearable trackers by people with cardiometabolic conditions. However, as the health benefits are small and confounded by heterogeneity, there remains uncertainty as to which patient groups are most helped by wearable trackers. Objective This study examined the effects of wearable trackers in patients with cardiometabolic conditions to identify subgroups of patients who most benefited and to understand interventional differences. Methods We obtained individual participant data from randomized controlled trials of wearable trackers that were conducted before December 2020 and measured steps per day as the primary outcome in participants with cardiometabolic conditions including diabetes, overweight or obesity, and cardiovascular disease. We used statistical models to account for clustering of participants within trials and heterogeneity across trials to estimate mean differences with the 95% CI. Results Individual participant data were obtained from 9 of 25 eligible randomized controlled trials, which included 1481 of 3178 (47%) total participants. The wearable trackers revealed that over the median duration of 12 weeks, steps per day increased by 1656 (95% CI 918-2395), a significant change. Greater increases in steps per day from interventions using wearable trackers were observed in men (interaction coefficient -668, 95% CI -1157 to -180), patients in age categories over 50 years (50-59 years: interaction coefficient 1175, 95% CI 377-1973; 60-69 years: interaction coefficient 981, 95% CI 222-1740; 70-90 years: interaction coefficient 1060, 95% CI 200-1920), White patients (interaction coefficient 995, 95% CI 360-1631), and patients with fewer comorbidities (interaction coefficient -517, 95% CI -1188 to -11) compared to women, those aged below 50, non-White patients, and patients with multimorbidity. In terms of interventional differences, only face-to-face delivery of the tracker impacted the effectiveness of the interventions by increasing steps per day. Conclusions In patients with cardiometabolic conditions, interventions using wearable trackers to improve steps per day mostly benefited older White men without multimorbidity. TRIAL REGISTRATION: PROSPERO CRD42019143012; https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=143012.

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Publication status

  • Published

File Version

  • Published version

Journal

Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR)

ISSN

1438-8871

Publisher

JMIR Publications Inc.

Issue

8

Volume

24

Page range

e36337 1-16

Event location

Canada

Department affiliated with

  • Primary Care and Public Health Publications

Full text available

  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2022-09-06

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2022-09-06

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2022-09-06