Healthy users' personal health information management from activity trackers: The perspective of gym‐goers. Issue 1 (24th October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Feng, Yuanyuan; Li, Kai; Agosto, Denise E.
• Is Part Of: Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology. Volume 54:Issue 1(2017)
• Page Start: 71
• Page End: 81
• Publication Date: 2017-10-24
• Subjects: activity trackers -- personal health information management -- personal information management -- information behavior -- human‐computer interaction; Information science -- Congresses; Information technology -- Congresses; Information science; Information technology; Conference papers and proceedings; 020
• DOI: 10.1002/pra2.2017.14505401009
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2373-9231

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This paper examines how healthy activity tracker users, particularly gym‐goers, manage personal health information generated by their activity tracking devices. Findings from 117 valid responses to a web survey are presented to provide an overall picture of healthy activity tracker users' health or fitness‐related needs, their personal health information management (PHIM) practices and the gaps between their needs and PHIM. Based on the survey findings, we suggest considering future activity tracker design improvements for addressing users' currently unmet needs while recognizing the limitations of current technology. We conclude with a discussion of the necessity for reexamining PHIM in a new era of broader self‐tracking activities and needs.