Feasibility and acceptability of a continuous remote activity monitoring protocol in older adult dyads: A mixed methods pilot study
Ríona Mc Ardle, Jenny L Wales, Calum Alexander Hamilton, Leigh James Ryan, Louis McCarthy, Silvia Del Din, Sayeh Bayat, Gro Gujord Tangen, Neil Ireson, Vita Lanfranchi, Nicolas Farina, Ben Hicks · 2025
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Ríona Mc Ardle and co-authors pilot a home activity tracking plan for older couples in a 2025 study. Walking supports healthy ageing, but researchers need honest records of how partners and neighborhoods shape it. Twenty-one couples took part for seven days.
Each person wore a motion sensor on the lower back, carried a phone with a GPS app when out, and kept a nightly activity diary. Nearly all wore the sensor for the full week and all finished their diaries. The GPS app captured about three quarters of the days, with most gaps blamed on tech faults. Couples found the kit acceptable overall. The authors say the plan is ready for larger studies of walking and ageing.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ríona Mc Ardle, Jenny L Wales, Calum Alexander Hamilton, Leigh James Ryan, Louis McCarthy, Silvia Del Din, Sayeh Bayat, Gro Gujord Tangen, Neil Ireson, Vita Lanfranchi, Nicolas Farina, Ben Hicks |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |