A smartphone application to objectively monitor music listening habits in adolescents : Personal listening device usage and the accuracy of self-reported listening habits.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Listening to music through personal listening devices (PLDs) has become more prevalent during last decades. The aim of this study was to evaluate music listening habits through PLDs in adolescents with a smartphone application, and to assess the accuracy of self-reported listening habits.

Methods

This study was embedded in the Generation R Study, a population-based prospective birth cohort in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. A smartphone application for Android operating systems was developed to objectively monitor music listening habits for a period of 35 days. A postal questionnaire was used to subjectively assess listening habits. The level of agreement between the objectively measured and self-reported listening habits were evaluated using weighted kappa coefficien

SUBMITTER: Paping DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7885602 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature