Table 3.
The three most frequent keywords used by the study participants in the answers given during the rehabilitation phase or the phase back home to the question “what was your experience with activity trackers this week?” together with answer extracts.
| Most frequent words | Rank's frequency in rehab | Rank's frequency back home | Study participants’ quotes from the rehabilitation phase | Study participants’ quotes from the phase back home |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Step | 1 | 1 | “I look at the number of steps and walk around some more to reach my goal.” “The tracker sometimes calculates steps very generously.” “I walk significantly more steps than at the beginning of the study.” “Motivation for the number of steps.” |
“Helps me reach the goal of 7,000 steps.” “Fitbit watch is good to wear. Helpful for counting steps and monitoring heart rate while exercising.” “The Fitbit is on average about 30% higher with the steps counted than my own smartwatch.” “Motivation to take steps has decreased.” |
| Sleep | 2 | 3a | “I find the sleep rhythm very interesting.” “Good to see especially the sleep cycle.” “I pay attention to sleep (duration).” “[The Fitbit] is hooking, especially the sleep analysis.” |
“sleep more controllable.” “I can observe the effect of shorter sleep.” “The sleep, how much I have REM-phases.” “Sleep measurement sometimes inaccurate/incorrect.” |
| Good | 3 | 2 | “Very good [experience], I am very satisfied.” “Very good. It helps to become aware of what you have done or not done.” “Easy to use and good for myself to maintain motivation for achieving the daily goals.” “Still good, don’t actually notice the device anymore.” |
“Good and exciting experience.” “Very good! Motivates immensely.” “It went quite good, I kept looking in to see how many steps I had walked.” “[I] am not sure if the watch correctly measures my activities otherwise good experience.” |
REM, rapid eye movement.
a
The third most common word was “none”, which was namely used as a finite answer when study participants had no new experience to report, therefore the 4th most common word was used instead.