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ArticlemedRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences2026

Population differences in wearable device wear time: Rescuing data to address biases and advance health equity.

Eric Hurwitz, Evan Connelly, Miriam Sklerov, Hiral Master, Harry Hochheiser, Zachary Butzin-Dozier, Jessilyn Dunn, Melissa A Haendel

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Article in medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Eric HurwitzDepartment of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6581-7754
Evan ConnellyDepartment of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.ORCID 0009-0001-4998-8617
Miriam SklerovDepartment of Neurology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6031-4763
Hiral MasterDepartment of Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-0019-3087
Harry HochheiserDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8793-9982
Zachary Butzin-DozierDivision of Biostatistics, University of California Berkeley School of Public Health, Berkeley, CA, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6419-0008
Jessilyn DunnDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-3241-8183
Melissa A HaendelDepartment of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9114-8737

Funding

Technology to Empower Changes in Health (TECH) Network Participant Technologies CenterU24OD023176 · OD · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI TOPOL, ERIC JEFFREY · 2016 to 2022
$204.7M
Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program BiobankU24OD023121 · OD · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI CEKANOVA, MARIA, CICEK, MINE · 2016 to 2024
$185.5M
Enhancing All of Us Data Resources for Nutrition Precision Health: the All of Us Data and Research CenterU2COD023196 · OD · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI GLAZER, DAVID, HARRIS, PAUL A. · 2016 to 2022
$143.7M
Adaptive Platform for Personalized EngagementU24OD023163 · OD · VIGNET, INC. · PI JAIN, PRADUMAN · 2017 to 2020
$102.6M
University of Arizona-Banner Health All of Us Research Program OT2OD026549 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI MORENO, FRANCISCO A, REIMAN, ERIC MICHAEL · 2018 to 2023
$78.9M
California Precision Medicine Research Program ConsortiumOT2OD026552 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI ANTON-CULVER, HODA A, OHNO-MACHADO, LUCILA · 2018 to 2023
$73.4M
All of Us PennsylvaniaOT2OD026554 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI REIS, STEVEN E, VISWESWARAN, SHYAM · 2018 to 2023
$72.1M
New York City Consortium for Precision MedicineOT2OD026556 · OD · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI BIER, LOUISE E, GHARAVI, ALI G · 2018 to 2023
$67.3M
SouthEast Enrollment Center (SEEC) OT2OD026551 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI CARRASQUILLO, OLVEEN, COLON, VIVIAN · 2018 to 2023
$62.8M
Southern All of Us NetworkOT2OD026548 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI FOUAD, MONA N., KORF, BRUCE R · 2018 to 2023
$60.5M
Illinois Precision Medicine Consortium OT2OD026557 · OD · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI AHSAN, HABIBUL, ARGOS, MARIA · 2018 to 2023
$60.5M
The New England Precision Medicine Consortium of the All of Us Research ProgramOT2OD026553 · OD · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI CLARK, CHERYL RENEE, KARLSON, ELIZABETH W · 2018 to 2023
$58.8M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wearable devices present transformative opportunities for personalized healthcare through continuous monitoring of digital biomarkers; however, individual variations in device wear time could mask or otherwise impact signal identification. Despite the widespread adoption of wearable devices in research, no comprehensive framework exists for understanding how wear time varies across populations or for addressing wear time-related biases in analysis. Using Fitbit data from 11,901 participants in the

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digital healthhealth equityselection biasWearableswear time

Identifiers

PMID41867235
PMCPMC13004077

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