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Session

GR1_2_4: Pitch oral & WG Monitoring and surveillance of physical activity Group Meeting
Location: Glass room 1
Session Chair: Pauliina Husu

Presentation 4

3:49pm - 3:52pm

Advise to the Dutch government: Implement sensor-based physical activity measurement in the existing infrastructure for national health surveillance

Barbara Snoeker. PhD¹, Hidde van der Ploeg. Prof.², Inge de Wolf. MSc², Maaike Kompier. PhD³, Wanda Wendel-Vos. PhD¹

1: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), The Netherlands; 2: Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam University Medical Centres; 3: Department of Methodology, Statistics Netherlands (CBS)

Purpose: The primary aim was to advise our Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports in the Netherlands how to best implement sensor-based physical activity (PA) measurement in the existing national health surveillance infrastructure.Wanda Wendel-Vos

Methods: Based on multiple previous studies and two recent pilot studies, the advice was formulated by the RIVM, Statistics Netherlands and Amsterdam UMC. It consisted of the following aspects: which infrastructure the sensors needed to be implemented to, frequency of measurement, sample size, sensor-placement (i.e. wrist or thigh-worn), costs, and implementation.
Results: We recommend expanding the existing Health Survey with sensors immediately. In that timeline, they will be fully implemented in 2030, the year where the new PA guidelines will be published by the World Health Organization (WHO). To make optimal use of the Health Survey infrastructure and obtain reliable data, continuous year-round measurement is recommended, allowing for annual activity rates and more accurate insights into subpopulations. Based on the current Health Survey sample design and pilot data, an estimated 1,626 adults per year are expected to wear a sensor. Since we are currently unable to obtain reliable results from a wrist-worn sensor, we now recommend a thigh-worn sensor, as it can accurately measure various activities. Costs for establishing the new infrastructure will be around €250.000, costs for the first year of sensor-measurement around €485.000.

Conclusions: We advise addition of the sensors to the Health Survey immediately for complete implementation in 2030. Accurate measurement of PA along the spectrum is important because detailed understanding tailors policies.