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BMJ OPEN
Volume 5, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007447
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- Medical Research Council [MR/KO232331/1, MR/K006525/1]
- MRC [MR/K006525/1, MR/K023233/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [MR/K023233/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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Objective: To classify wear and non-wear time of accelerometer data for accurately quantifying physical activity in public health or population level research. Design: A bi-moving-window-based approach was used to combine acceleration and skin temperature data to identify wear and non-wear time events in triaxial accelerometer data that monitor physical activity. Setting: Local residents in Swansea, Wales, UK. Participants: 50 participants aged under 16 years (n=23) and over 17 years (n=27) were recruited in two phases: phase 1: design of the wear/non-wear algorithm (n=20) and phase 2: validation of the algorithm (n=30). Methods: Participants wore a triaxial accelerometer (GeneActiv) against the skin surface on the wrist (adults) or ankle (children). Participants kept a diary to record the timings of wear and non-wear and were asked to ensure that events of wear/non-wear last for a minimum of 15 min. Results: The overall sensitivity of the proposed method was 0.94 (95% CI 0.90 to 0.98) and specificity 0.91 (95% CI 0.88 to 0.94). It performed equally well for children compared with adults, and females compared with males. Using surface skin temperature data in combination with acceleration data significantly improved the classification of wear/non-wear time when compared with methods that used acceleration data only (p<0.01). Conclusions: Using either accelerometer seismic information or temperature information alone is prone to considerable error. Combining both sources of data can give accurate estimates of non-wear periods thus giving better classification of sedentary behaviour. This method can be used in population studies of physical activity in free-living environments.
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