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Wearable activity monitoring devices have the potential to engage patients in the self-management of chronic diseases, provided challenges in data validity, usability, and privacy are addressed.
Wearable activity monitors offer potential for chronic disease self-management, but widespread clinical adoption requires improvements in data validity, patient engagement, and integration into care pathways.
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May support chronic disease self-management; leaves open validation of data validity, usability, and privacy before adoption.
Chiauzzi et al. (2015) conducted a review in Chronic health conditions. Wearable activity monitoring devices was evaluated. Wearable activity monitoring devices have the potential to engage patients in the self-management of chronic diseases, provided challenges in data validity, usability, and privacy are addressed.
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