Adherence
Adding wearable activity tracking with behavioral feedback to structured exercise increases daily step counts and reduces systolic blood pressure in older adults with elevated cardiovascular disease risk compared to exercise alone.
For older adults at high risk of heart disease, simply exercising twice a week may not be enough. Adding a simple wearable step counter and receiving weekly check-ins to discuss how to move more during the day can help increase daily steps and lower blood pressure. The key is consistent wear and human support to troubleshoot the device.
Relative to EX, the change in steps/day at 20 weeks was 1994 (−40.27, 4028) higher for EX+NEPA... The between-group differences for systolic and diastolic blood pressure were −9.9 (−19.6, −0.3)... mmHg, respectively.
Why this rating
This is a pilot randomized clinical trial with a small sample size (n=40) and wide confidence intervals, indicating it generates hypothesis-generating data rather than definitive proof.
Source
<p>Wearable Technology To Reduce Sedentary Behavior And CVD Risk In Older Adults: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial</p>
Lisa M. Roberts et al. · Clinical Interventions in Aging · 2019
DOI 10.2147/cia.s222655
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