The Use of Activity Trackers for Health Empowerment and Commitment: The Philippine Cycling Perspective

TL;DR

This study investigates how activity trackers influence health empowerment and commitment among Filipino cyclists, highlighting features that positively impact personal health goals and suggesting design improvements.

Contribution

It introduces a model linking activity tracker features to health empowerment in cycling, based on empirical data from Filipino cyclists.

Findings

Certain tracker features significantly boost health empowerment

Positive influence on cycling commitment observed

Implications for device design improvements

Abstract

Activity tracking devices have found its way in the world of cycling. With its projected market demand and increasing popularity of cycling in the Philippines, cyclists are slowly adopting this technology in their daily cycling routines. Activity trackers demonstrate real-time data which allow cyclists to adjust physical efforts to achieve their personal goals. Six common features of activity trackers were formed as constructs to explore its influence on health empowerment in the context of cycling using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Model. A total of 393 cyclists in the Philippines participated in the study. Some features demonstrated strong evidence of positive influence in achieving health empowerment and commitment. Implications for future design and development of this technology device are discussed.