Using Wearable Fitness Trackers to Detect COVID-19?!

Enhancing user awareness on inferences obtained from fitness trackers data

“…Tracking the daily activities of a user can help to enhance the user's health in the long term as the user can be assisted to reach her fitness goals (Wu et al 2016). The observation of personal health data collected from fitness trackers can lead to the detection and prevention of diseases, such as COVID-19 (Gross et al 2021), heart diseases (Kaiser et al 2016;Al-Makhadmeh and Tolba 2019) or diabetes (dia 2017), and even sleep problems (Sathyanarayana et al 2016). In all cases, it is important that the users understand the privacy complications of using fitness trackers and the potential inferences from personal data, while at the same time balancing the benefits of their functionalities.…”

Why do generation X customers use wearable fitness technology equipment after recovering from coronavirus? The role of perceived health risks

“…This ease of use is crucial for enhancing the perceived value of WFTE, as it facilitates the adoption and effective utilization of the technology for health and fitness purposes. Additionally, research indicates that users with high positive technology readiness value the perceived ease of use more than the perceived usefulness in sports wearable technology, highlighting the significance of ease of use in the adoption process [ 46 ]. This is consistent with findings that perceived value is the strongest driver of usage intention for wearable fitness trackers, with ease of use being a key component of this perceived value [ 56 ].…”