Table 4.
Summary of general health and wellbeing studies, ordered by year of publication.
Author (Year) | Study Purpose | Principal Findings | Sensors Used | Sample Size & Type | Study Length (Days) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rabbi et al. (2015a) [55] USA | Evaluate the generation of recommendations for calorie loss from accelerometer and location data, using personalized vs. generic recommendations | Group with personalized suggestions performed better on physical activity and dietary behavior than control. | • Accelerometer • GPS |
17 University students and non-students |
21 |
Rabbi et al. (2015b) [54] USA | Evaluate the generation of recommendations for calorie loss from accelerometer and location data | Significant increase in physical activity and decrease in calorie consumption when participants received personalized recommendations. | • Accelerometer • GPS |
16 University students and non-students |
98 |
Eskes et al. (2016) [42] Netherlands | Predict sociability from smartphone data | Weak relationship between smartphone use and overall sociability assessments. | • Application usage • Bluetooth • Call logs • GPS |
10 University students |
11.4* |
Kelly et al. (2017) [47] UK | Predict health status from accelerometer data | Prediction of health status with a mean absolute error of 11.7, using a support vector machine classifier. | • Accelerometer | 171 General sample |
4.8* |
GPS: Global Positioning System;
average duration of subject participation.