Using Wearable Devices to Monitor Activity and Sleep in Inpatients With Parkinson Disease With and Without…

Cohort studyJournal of medical Internet research· Jul 2026

Using Wearable Devices to Monitor Activity and Sleep in Inpatients With Parkinson Disease With and Without Delirium: Feasibility and Acceptability Study.

Gemma Louise Bate, Florence Gerakios, Alison Jane Yarnall … Rachael Ashleigh Lawson

Hospital MedicineCohort studyClinical practiceQ1IF 8.5

Wrist-worn wearables were far more acceptable than lumbar devices in Parkinson inpatients

Using Wearable Devices to Monitor Activity and Sleep in Inpatients With Parkinson Disease With and Without Delirium: Feasibility and Acceptability Study.

Gemma Louise Bate … Rachael Ashleigh Lawson

Journal of medical Internet research · Jul 2026

Background

Delirium is a serious condition characterized by an acute change in attention, arousal, and sleep disturbance.

Purpose

This study aimed to determine the feasibility and acceptability of using wearable devices in inpatients with parkinson disease, with and without delirium.

Methods

Were recruited from an ongoing prospective cohort study comprising inpatients with parkinson disease.

n = 68 admissions

Results

wrist devices were worn by nearly everyone, far outpacing lumbar device uptake

98.5%

Wrist

38.2%

Lumbar

More results

The wearable device recruitment rate was 75.4% (46/61), comprising 68 admissions.

Delirium was identified in 64.7% (44/68) of admissions.

Wrist placement was more practical, rated as "somewhat" or "very easy" to secure in 95.5% (64/67) of cases compared to 69.2% (18/26) for lumbar placement (P<.001).

More results

Wear time compliance for both placements tended to be lower in delirium cases but comparable overall (>83% for each location, P>.05).

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Conclusion · 1 of 2

This is the first study to evaluate the feasibility of using wearable devices in inpatients with parkinson disease with and without delirium.

Conclusion · 2 of 2

Wearable devices were feasible, and the wrist-worn devices demonstrated greater participant acceptability and practicality, with fewer clinical constraints.

Using Wearable Devices to Monitor Activity and Sleep in Inpatients With Parkinson Disease With and Without Delirium: Feasibility and Acceptability Study.

Using Wearable Devices to Monitor Activity and Sleep in Inpatients With Parkinson Disease With and Without Delirium: Feasibility and Acceptability Study.

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