Table 2. Criterion-related validity of the consumer-wearable activity trackers for estimating steps during controlled conditions (n = 56).
Instrument Mean (SD) Equivalence test (90% CI) LOA (95% CI) MAE MAPE ICC (95% CI)
Slow pace walking
Video-based count 335.3 (28.8) -50.30, 50.30 - - - -
Samsung Pedometer 334.8 (29.4) -0.54, 1.65 0.6 (-9.0, 10.2) 3.3 1.0 0.99 (0.98, 0.99)
Samsung Pacer 334.7 (29.2) -0.38, 1.59 0.6 (-8.0, 9.2) 2.9 0.9 0.99 (0.98, 0.99)
Samsung GoogleFit 334.7 (29.2) -0.33, 1.58 0.6 (-7.8, 9.0) 2.8 0.9 0.99 (0.98, 0.99)
Apple applications a 332.6 (27.8) 0.81, 4.59 2.7 (-14.0, 19.4) 3.9 1.1 0.95 (0.92, 0.97)
Fitbit Ace 2 329.6 (30.4) 2.81, 8.55 5.7 (-19.4, 30.8) 8.2 2.5 0.89 (0.79, 0.94)
Garmin Vivofit Jr 2 334.1 (28.4) 0.02, 2.44 1.2 (-9.4, 11.8) 3.5 1.0 0.98 (0.97, 0.99)
Xiaomi Mi Band 5 334.0 (29.8) 0.17, 2.47 1.3 (-8.9, 11.5) 3.3 1.0 0.98 (0.97, 0.99)
Normal pace walking
Video-based count 296.8 (23.2) -44.52, 44.52 - - - -
Samsung Pedometer 297.8 (23.9) -2.14, 0.24 -0.9 (-11.3, 9.5) 3.8 1.3 0.97 (0.96, 0.99)
Samsung Pacer 296.0 (22.8) 0.29, 1.32 0.8 (-3.7, 5.3) 1.7 0.6 0.99 (0.99, 1.00)
Samsung GoogleFit 295.8 (23.1) 0.07, 1.96 1.0 (-7.2, 9.2) 2.2 0.7 0.98 (0.97, 0.99)
Apple applications a 294.7 (22.5) 0.86, 3.39 2.1 (-9.1, 13.3) 2.7 0.9 0.97 (0.94, 0.98)
Fitbit Ace 2 286.8 (26.8) 7.36, 12.67 10.0 (-13.3, 33.3) 10.9 3.7 0.82 (0.42, 0.93)
Garmin Vivofit Jr 2 297.9 (24.8) -2.69, 0.61 -1.0 (-15.5, 13.5) 4.9 1.6 0.95 (0.92, 0.97)
Xiaomi Mi Band 5 286.6 (31.3) 6.40, 14.14 10.3 (-23.6, 44.2) 11.7 4.0 0.75 (0.50, 0.87)
Brisk pace walking
Video-based count 259.8 (17.8) -38.97, 38.97 - - - -
Samsung Pedometer 260.2 (17.8) -1.56, 0.81 -0.4 (-10.8, 10.0) 3.7 1.5 0.96 (0.93, 0.97)
Samsung Pacer 259.1 (17.7) 0.07, 1.39 0.7 (-5.2, 6.6) 2.1 0.8 0.99 (0.98, 0.99)
Samsung GoogleFit 258.4 (18.5) 0.07, 2.78 1.4 (-10.6, 13.4) 2.8 1.1 0.94 (0.90, 0.97)
Apple applications a 248.3 (22.2) 7.18, 15.82 11.5 (-26.3, 49.3) 12.0 4.5 0.47 (0.17, 0.67)
Fitbit Ace 2 236.8 (26.2) 18.68, 27.28 23.0 (-14.6, 60.6) 23.8 9.2 0.42 (0.00, 0.71)
Garmin Vivofit Jr 2 259.2 (18.0) -1.30, 2.58 0.6 (-16.5, 17.7) 5.9 2.3 0.88 (0.81, 0.93)
Xiaomi Mi Band 5 243.3 (28.8) 10.95, 22.16 16.6 (-32.6, 65.8) 17.9 6.9 0.37 (0.07, 0.60)
Running
Video-based count 223.1 (32.0) -33.47, 33.47 - - - -
Samsung Pedometer 221.6 (32.0) 0.64, 2.36 1.5 (-5.9, 8.9) 3.0 1.4 0.99 (0.98, 1.00)
Samsung Pacer 221.0 (31.3) 0.43, 3.64 2.0 (-12.1, 16.1) 3.6 1.5 0.97 (0.95, 0.98)
Samsung GoogleFit 221.4 (31.0) 0.00, 3.39 1.7 (-13.2, 16.6) 3.9 1.7 0.97 (0.95, 0.98)
Apple applications a 220.7 (30.9) 0.73, 4.02 2.4 (-12.1, 16.9) 3.3 1.4 0.97 (0.95, 0.98)
Fitbit Ace 2 209.8 (42.2) 8.81, 17.69 13.3 (-25.7, 52.3) 14.8 7.1 0.81 (0.54, 0.91)
Garmin Vivofit Jr 2 223.6 (32.3) -1.51, 0.51 -0.5 (-9.3, 8.3) 3.3 1.5 0.99 (0.98, 0.99)
Xiaomi Mi Band 5 220.4 (32.1) 1.33, 4.10 2.7 (-9.5, 14.9) 4.3 2.0 0.98 (0.96, 0.99)
SD = Standard deviation; LOA = Limits of Agreement; 90/95% CI = 90/95% Confident Interval; MAE = Mean Absolute Error; MAPE = Mean Absolute Percentage Error; ICC = Intraclass Correlation Coefficient.
a Apple applications is referred to the three applications activated in the iPhone smartphone (i.e., Pedometer, Pacer, and Apple Health) due to the fact that all of them reported exactly the same steps scores.