Validating Machine -Learned Classifiers of Sedentary Behavior and Physical Activity

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Physical Activity, Sedentary Lifestyle

In brief

The majority of the US population spends most of the day sitting and the we have new scientific evidence that this can contribute to poor health regardless of how much physical activity a person does. However, we do not measure sitting time very accurately and when we ask people to tell us how much they do, their answers are unreliable. Our study will use small sensors to objectively measure when people sit or do physical activity, and we will use sophisticated computational techniques to summarize these movement patterns.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01775826

Run by

University of California, San Diego

People needed

225

Starts

2013-03-01

Expected to finish

2016-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-08-20

Who can join

Age: 6 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Inclusion Criteria for participants 6-17 yr olds:
• provide written parental consent to complete study protocols;
• provide verbal assent to complete study protocols;
• willingness to complete 2 visits to UCSD offices;
• willingness to wear multiple sensor devices on 7 days for 12 hours per day;
• willingness to wear wrist accelerometer on 7 days for 24 hours per day;
• willingness to have their height and weight measured;
• be able to walk unassisted
• able to read and understand study materials in English.
• Inclusion Criteria for participants 18-64 yr old:
• provide written consent to complete study protocols;
• willingness to complete 2 visits to UCSD offices;
• willingness to wear multiple sensor devices on 7 days for 12 hours per day;
• willingness to wear wrist accelerometer on 7 days for 24 hours per day;
• complete a survey assessing their demographic characteristics;
• willingness to have their height and weight measured;
• be physically and cognitively able to walk unassisted,
• able to read and understand study materials in English.
• Inclusion Criteria for participants 65-85 yr olds:
• provide written consent to complete study protocols;
• correctly answer verbal questions about their comprehension of the informed consent;
• willingness to complete 2 visits to UCSD offices;
• willingness to wear multiple sensor devices on 7 days for 12 hours per day;
• willingness to wear wrist accelerometer on 7 days for 24 hours per day;
• complete a survey assessing their demographic;

You may not qualify if…

• unable to ambulate;
• attends a workplace or school on monitoring days that prohibits static images being taken by a SenseCam worn around the neck of the participant;
• pregnancy in second or third trimester.

Where it is running

• UCSD — La Jolla, California, United States

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