MeterPlus™

MeterPlus™ offers many output options so you can tailor your data file to your needs.

Why Do I Need MeterPlus?

• MeterPlus is a Windows-based program that is easy to use, flexible and offers many output options so you can tailor your data file to your needs.
• Actigraph data is time-consuming to clean and process and MeterPlus simplifies these tasks to save you valuable time and effort.
• MeterPlus output is easily transportable to SPSS and other statistical packages and doesn’t require programming skills.
• MeterPlus has a batch-scoring feature, making it possible to analyze an unlimited number of data files with the click of a button.

What Does MeterPlus Do?

• MeterPlus has the most straightforward interface available with programmable settings to screen for valid wearing time, a critical step in collecting high-quality data.
• MeterPlus analyzes bouts of activity to determine whether people are meeting physical activity guidelines.
• MeterPlus is the only program on the market that allows the user to program activity cut-points for numerous groups. This allows for age-specific scoring, which is necessary for accurate analysis of activity levels.
• MeterPlus allows the user to select which formula to use when analyzing energy expenditure.
• MeterPlus allows the user to select days of the week and times per day (e.g.,after-school hours) to summarize activity.

Other Services

Data cleaning and scoring service

Send us your raw Actigraph data files and we’ll return an SPSS or Excel file that is ready for analysis, containing hourly, daily, and total activity counts, bouts of activity, and energy expenditure for each subject. We clean the files prior to processing.

Data screening service

Send us your Actigraph files as you are collecting them and we’ll screen and return them to you with a determination of how much valid wearing time each file contains. We will also alert you to any equipment problems causing anomalous data.

Data collection service

We can collect your data for you. We have years of experience with subject recruitment and Actigraph data collection, both in person and by mail. With established protocols for all age groups, we can mobilize quickly and efficiently and guarantee high-quality data.

Consultation

We offer consultation on recruitment and data collection methods, data cleaning and data analysis.
MeterPlus was developed from a decade of research by Dr. James Sallis and his team at San Diego State University.

For more information, or to purchase MeterPlus, contact Santech.

Purchase includes downloaded software with licenses for five installations, a user’s manual, and up to 1 hour of expert consultation by phone or email.