Current use of specific wearables and factors that would motivate future use of wearables: Results based on the general German adult population

André Hajek; Hans-Helmut König

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0349939

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Current use of specific wearables and factors that would motivate future use of wearables: Results based on the general German adult population

André Hajek ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: a.hajek@uke.de

Affiliation Department of Health Economics and Health Services Research, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg Center for Health Economics, Hamburg, Germany

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6886-2745

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Hans-Helmut König

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Economics and Health Services Research, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg Center for Health Economics, Hamburg, Germany
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Current use of specific wearables and factors that would motivate future use of wearables: Results based on the general German adult population

André Hajek,
Hans-Helmut König

Published: June 2, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0349939

About the Authors

André Hajek

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: a.hajek@uke.de

Affiliation Department of Health Economics and Health Services Research, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg Center for Health Economics, Hamburg, Germany

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6886-2745

Hans-Helmut König

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Economics and Health Services Research, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg Center for Health Economics, Hamburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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