Compliance of Adolescent Girls to Repeated Deployments of Wrist-worn Accelerometers

AbstractPurposeTo determine the cross-sectional and cumulative compliance of adolescent girls to accelerometer wear at three deployment points and to identify variables associated with compliance.MethodsGirls from 20 secondary schools were recruited: 10 schools were participating in the 'Girls Active' intervention and 10 were control schools. Physical activity was measured using the GENEActiv accelerometer worn on the non-dominant wrist 24 hours/day for up to 7-days at baseline, 7-months and 14-months. Demographic and anthropometric characteristics were recorded.ResultsSeven valid days (≥16 hours) of accelerometer wear were obtained from 83%, 77% and 68% of girls at baseline (n = 1734), 7-months (n = 1381) and 14-months (n = 1326), respectively. 68% provided 7-valid days for both baseline and 7-months, 59% for baseline and 14-months and 52% for all three deployment points. Estimates of physical activity level from 3-days of measurement could be considered equivalent to a 7-day measure (i.e. they fell within a ±5% equivalence zone). Cross-sectionally, 3-valid days were obtained from at least 91% of girls; cumulatively, this was obtained from ≥88% of girls across any two deployment points and 84% of girls across all three deployment points. When controlling for clustering at school level and other potential predictors, physical activity level, being South Asian, being in the intervention group and prior compliance were positively associated with monitor wear.ConclusionCompliance reduced across deployment points, with the reduction increasing as the deployment points got further apart. High prior compliance and high physical activity level were associated with the most additional wear-time. Purpose To determine the cross-sectional and cumulative compliance of adolescent girls to accelerometer wear at three deployment points and to identify variables associated with compliance. Methods Girls from 20 secondary schools were recruited: 10 schools were participating in the 'Girls Active' intervention and 10 were control schools. Physical activity was measured using the GENEActiv accelerometer worn on the non-dominant wrist 24 hours/day for up to 7-days at baseline, 7-months and 14-months. Demographic and anthropometric characteristics were recorded. Results Seven valid days (≥16 hours) of accelerometer wear were obtained from 83%, 77% and 68% of girls at baseline (n = 1734), 7-months (n = 1381) and 14-months (n = 1326), respectively. 68% provided 7-valid days for both baseline and 7-months, 59% for baseline and 14-months and 52% for all three deployment points. Estimates of physical activity level from 3-days of measurement could be considered equivalent to a 7-day measure (i.e. they fell within a ±5% equivalence zone). Cross-sectionally, 3-valid days were obtained from at least 91% of girls; cumulatively, this was obtained from ≥88% of girls across any two deployment points and 84% of girls across all three deployment points. When controlling for clustering at school level and other potential predictors, physical activity level, being South Asian, being in the intervention group and prior compliance were positively associated with monitor wear. Conclusion Compliance reduced across deployment points, with the reduction increasing as the deployment points got further apart. High prior compliance and high physical activity level were associated with the most additional wear-time. Corresponding author: Alex Rowlands, Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, LE5 4PW, UK. alex.rowlands@le.ac.uk. Tel: +44 116 258 8595 The Girls Active evaluation was funded by the NIHR Public Health Research Programme (13/90/30). Professors Davies and Khunti are NIHR Senior Investigators. University of Leicester authors are supported by the NIHR Leicester-Loughborough Biomedical Research Unit 92012-2017), the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (2017-2022) and the Collaboration for leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) East Midlands. The Girls Active evaluation was undertaken in collaboration with the Leicester Clinical Trials Unit, a UKCRC-registered clinical trials unit in receipt of NIHR CTU support funding. The Youth Sport trust or the aforementioned funders had no involvement in the data analysis, data interpretation, data collection, or writing of this manuscript. There are no other conflicts of interest. The results of the present study do not constitute endorsement by the ACSM. The results of the study are presented clearly, honestly, and without fabrication, falsification, or inappropriate data manipulation. © 2018 American College of Sports Medicine

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