Large portions of the United States are under orders to stay home or self-quarantine to slow the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus. A new study found people are moving less and sleeping more.
using data from over 68,000 fitness trackers. The research included Apple Watches, Fitbits and Garmin smartwatches., conducted by Evidation Health, found that activity levels in the United States were down 39% on Tuesday, March 24 compared to activity recorded on March 1. In New York City alone, the data shows that physical activity dropped 50% during the week the city ordered residents to stay home.on March 13.
Evidation said people are increasingly willing to contact medical services remotely. Thirty percent of respondents now plan to use telemedicine over a primary care physician or emergency room if they have coronavirus symptoms, up from 19% on March 12. Results from the survey also showed that 49% of respondents said their anxiety had increased in the past week, up from 29% on March 12. Anxiety was up in every state.. Nearly 160,000 people participated across all 50 states The company plans to update its findings on a regular basis."We're all staying at home and a lot less active, we're sleeping more, we're snacking more, and we're keeping an eye on our health at home," Evidation Health president Christine Lemke said.
The study found that time asleep has increased almost 20% nationwide based on data from over 68,000 fitness trackers."Mostly, we wanted to see differences in states. We know states are seeing different symptom rates and different disease rates," Lemke said. "We're doing this study to watch the trend over time."
While Evidation's data show that activity is down in every state, the speed of the drop varied by state. "It's not hard to tell the states that put shelter in place ahead of other counties and who might be adhering to them more," Lemke said, adding that physical activity can be used as a way to infer how well people are social distancing.The study doesn't just rely on data from smartwatches and other wearables.
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