This review evaluated transdisciplinary empirical research on wearable health technologies and ad... more This review evaluated transdisciplinary empirical research on wearable health technologies and addressed the major concern relating to their invasiveness using the input-mechanism-output model. The dataset consisted of 250 published papers derived from two databases that investigated wearables for health-related purposes. Papers focused on technological inputs and health output factors, de-emphasizing theoretical mechanisms that could effectively translate the former into the latter. The lack of transdisciplinary research in the field is limiting both identification of effectiveness and evidence of beneficial health outcomes, with a considerable divide between technologists and public health researchers. Concerns for privacy relate to increasing trends in collecting data for mental health and physical health, with the latter increasing exponentially. Invasiveness of wearables has increased over time in terms of collected signals in terms of range and depth of the derived health information, monitoring both users and their social and physical environments. We conclude with reflections for conceptual development, commercial application and policy regulation.
This review evaluated transdisciplinary empirical research on wearable health technologies and ad... more This review evaluated transdisciplinary empirical research on wearable health technologies and addressed the major concern relating to their invasiveness using the input-mechanism-output model. The dataset consisted of 250 published papers derived from two databases that investigated wearables for health-related purposes. Papers focused on technological inputs and health output factors, de-emphasizing theoretical mechanisms that could effectively translate the former into the latter. The lack of transdisciplinary research in the field is limiting both identification of effectiveness and evidence of beneficial health outcomes, with a considerable divide between technologists and public health researchers. Concerns for privacy relate to increasing trends in collecting data for mental health and physical health, with the latter increasing exponentially. Invasiveness of wearables has increased over time in terms of collected signals in terms of range and depth of the derived health information, monitoring both users and their social and physical environments. We conclude with reflections for conceptual development, commercial application and policy regulation.
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