Wearable devices as facilitators, not drivers, of health behavior change

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 313, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 459-460

  Patel, Mitesh S ^a   Asch, David A ^a   Volpp, Kevin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; EXOSKELETON (REHABILITATION); FUNDING; HABIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REWARD; SHORT SURVEY; SLEEP PATTERN; WELLBEING; ACCELEROMETRY; AMBULATORY MONITORING; CALORIC INTAKE; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; MOBILE PHONE;

ACCELEROMETRY; CELL PHONES; ENERGY INTAKE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY;

EID: 84922463705     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.14781     Document Type: Short Survey

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