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Satisfied or Frustrated? A Qualitative Analysis of Need Satisfying and Need Frustrating Experiences of Engaging With Digital Health Technology in Chr…
2020
Introduction: Digital health technologies such as self-monitoring devices and apps are becoming increasingly important as tools to promote healthy habits and support individuals in their self-care. There is still a scarcity of research that builds on motivational theory to better understand the functioning of digital health technologies. The self-determination theory (SDT) is a macro theory of motivation that delineates three basic psychological needs that are linked to different types of motivation and lead to well-being when satisfied and illbeing when frustrated. Objective: To explore how the use of a digital tool for self-monitoring and communication with healthcare satisfies or frustra…
Itsensä mittaamisen teknologioiden hyödyntäminen yksilön terveyden tukena
2017
Tässä kandidaatintutkielmassa tutkittiin itsensä mittaamisen teknologioiden hyödyntämistä yksilön terveyden tukena. Tutkielman toteutustapana oli kirjallisuuskatsaus, joten tutkielman tulokset perustuvat aiemmin julkaistuihin tutkimuksiin ja tieteellisiin julkaisuihin. Kirjallisuudesta etsittiin vastausta tutkimuskysymykseen: kuinka itsensä mittaamisen teknologioita voidaan hyödyntää yksilön terveyden tukena? Liikalihavuus, sydän- ja verisuonitaudit, fyysinen inaktiivisuus sekä mielenterveysongelmat ovat maailmanlaajuisia terveysongelmia. Hyvinvointi ja terveys ovat monimuotoisia käsitteitä, mutta terveys voidaan jakaa kolmeen osa-alueeseen: fyysiseen, psyykkiseen sekä sosiaaliseen terveyte…
Perceived Well-being Effects During the Implementation of a Self-tracking Technology
2016
In recent years, both individuals and the healthcare sector have become more interested to measure and improve health and well-being by using different selftracking technologies. However, the number of studies concerning the experiences that people have with these technologies is still rather limited. This study investigates the expectations and perceived short-term effects of using self-tracking technologies on users’ well-being. The focus is on the first weeks of usage i.e., the implementation phase. The study is qualitative in nature and based on thematic analysis of ten semistructured interviews. The results reveal that the perceived well-being effects of using a self-tracking technolog…
Critical Experiences During the Implementation of a Self-tracking Technology
2016
Emerging technologies have brought several new ways to track, measure and evaluate own activity. Well-being, nutrition, physical training, mood, and sleep are a few of the various measures that can be self-tracked by different technological solutions. At the same time, people are becoming more interested in themselves and their own well-being, and constant tracking of own activities is getting more and more popular both on individual level as well as in general healthcare. This study examines critical experiences that occur during the implementation phase of the innovation-decision process and their influence to adopting or rejecting a self-tracking technology. The study is qualitative in n…
Tracking oneself for others: communal and self-motivational value of sharing exercise data online
2021
Self-tracking is increasingly popular in recreational sport. Leisure sports practitioners use wearable devices that are connected to online platforms to record, analyse, and share their exercise data. While doing that they interact with a digital system, with themselves, and with peers. This paper examines social-communicative aspects of self-tracking, and the support that these aspects and their associated practices may provide for physical activity behaviour. Data for the study was collected using an online survey and in-depth interviews with Finnish trail runners. The results indicate that sharing exercise data with others on a regular basis can support physical activity behaviour becaus…
Adoption and Adoption Interests of Self-Tracking Technologies : Single and Multiple Technology Perspectives
2016
During the past few decades, different forms of technology based self-tracking have become increasingly common but received little attention in academic research. In this study, we aim to address this gap by examining the adoption and adoption interests of four different self-tracking technologies: exercise, activity, sleep, and nutrition tracking. The examination is conducted from both single and multiple technology perspectives and by concentrating particularly on the potential gender and age dependencies in the adoption rates and adoption patterns of the technologies. By analysing the responses collected from 824 consumers through an online survey, the results of the study are able to re…