Wearing position of mobile sensors

Name	Wearing position of wearables
Context	Wearable IT
Performance change of the target group	Elderly people
Problem	The number of available wearables is increasing. Those products often are supposed to support the user by discreetly and continuously collecting data that is made available to the user. It is questionable which wearing position should be considered for such a product.
Place of action	Mobile, Wearable
Solution approach	Users prefer wearing the device on their wrist as a replacement for a wristwatch. This position is followed by wearing it at the trouser waistband. It has the advantage that it is discreet and therefore the design of the wearable is irrelevant.
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Limitations	Only fitness bracelets have been examined.
Further design patterns	Medication app
References	Rasche, P., Schäfer, K., Wille, M., Theis, S., Schlick, C. M., Mertens, A. (in press). Self monitoring – an age-related comparison. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Europe Chapter 2015 Annual Conference. Rasche, P., Schäfer, K., Wille, M., Theis, S., Schlick, C. M., Mertens, A. (in press). Activity tracker and Elderly. In Proceedings of the International Conference of Ubiquitous Computing and Communications (IUCC-2015).