Wearable- and Mobile App–Based Activity Pacing and Fatigue Management in Post–COVID-19 Condition: Exploratory Observational Study
Nana Yaw Aboagye, Mark R Baker, Kenneth Baker, Silvia Del Din, Ivan Steenstra, Julia Vogel · 2026
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Nana Yaw Aboagye and colleagues explored in 2026 whether activity pacing steered by an app and a wrist tracker eases post-COVID fatigue. Nineteen adults with lingering fatigue wore a Fitbit and logged symptoms daily for three months in the FatigueSense app. On some days they picked a pacing goal: light, balanced, or active.
Over 2,182 observation days, goals were set on just over a third of days, usually when fatigue already ran high. Active and balanced pacing days came with less fatigue and more energy that same day than light pacing days. The benefit did not carry into the next day in the numbers. People differed hugely from one another, and over half of those trying several strategies responded meaningfully to at least one. The authors stress self-selection clouds any causal claim and call for randomized trials.
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| CREATOR | Nana Yaw Aboagye, Mark R Baker, Kenneth Baker, Silvia Del Din, Ivan Steenstra, Julia Vogel |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 41 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |