Wearable Activity Trackers and Older Adults: The Social Effect and Importance in Healthcare

Jessica DeClercq   ^{1 *} ;   Shelia R. Cotten   ^{2 * †} ;   Wei Peng   ^{2 * †} ;   Anastasia Kononova   ^{2 * †} ;   Marie Bowen   ^{3 *} ;   Kendra Kamp   ^{2 * †} ;   R.V. Rikard   ^{2 * †} ;   Lin Li   ^{2 * †}

¹ Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States

² Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States

³ Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Informatics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

*all authors contributed equally