From: Users’ experiences of wearable activity trackers: a cross-sectional study
Reasons to stop wearing tracker | Former users (n = 37) n (%) | |
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“I learnt everything I could” | 11 | (29.7%) |
Broken tracker | 8 | (21.6%) |
It was not helping achieve goals | 5 | (13.5%) |
Technical difficulties | 4 | (10.8%) |
Got lost | 4 | (10.8%) |
Forgot to charge it | 4 | (10.8%) |
Experiencing negative psychological impact | 3 | (8.1%) |
Intrusive | 3 | (8.1%) |
Difficult to understand | 2 | (5.4%) |
Did not like it | 2 | (5.4%) |
Inconvenient | 2 | (5.4%) |
Forgot to put it back on after taking it off | 2 | (5.4%) |
Information was not important | 2 | (5.4%) |
Work | 2 | (5.4%) |
Annoying to charge | 1 | (2.7%) |
Became too dependent | 1 | (2.7%) |
Band continuously came undone | 1 | (2.7%) |
Limited functionality | 1 | (2.7%) |