ArticlePloS one2020
Using consumer-wearable technology for remote assessment of physiological response to stress in the naturalistic environment.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Smart Devices and Wearable Technologies to Detect and Monitor Mental Health Conditions and Stress: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Pooled it
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- Predicting Sleep Quality in Family Caregivers of Dementia Patients From Diverse Populations Using Wearable Sensor Data.Computers, informatics, nursing : CIN · 2025Article
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- Relationship Between Heart Rate and Perceived Stress in Intensive Care Unit Residents: Exploratory Analysis Using Fitbit Data.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Facilitators of and Barriers to Teachers' Engagement With Consumer Technologies for Stress Management: Qualitative Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Lessons learned from a multimodal sensor-based eHealth approach for treating pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder.Frontiers in digital health · 2024Article
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- Wearable Sensors to Evaluate Autonomic Response to Olfactory Stimulation: The Influence of Short, Intensive Sensory Training.Biosensors · 2023Article
- Feasibility of Using an Armband Optical Heart Rate Sensor in Naturalistic Environment.Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing. Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing · 2023Article
- Predictors of sustained physical activity: behaviour, bodily health, and the living environment.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Comparing a Fitbit Wearable to an Electrocardiogram Gold Standard as a Measure of Heart Rate Under Psychological Stress: A Validation Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- Digital Companion Choice to Support Teachers' Stress Self-management: Systematic Approach Through Taxonomy Creation.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- The Impact of Wearable Technologies in Health Research: Scoping Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2022Article
- Predicting Chronic Stress among Healthy Females Using Daily-Life Physiological and Lifestyle Features from Wearable Sensors.Chronic stress (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)Article
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Abstract
Psychosocial stress is a major risk factor for morbidity and mortality related to a wide range of health conditions and has a significant negative impact on public health. Quantifying exposure to stress in the naturalistic environment can help to better understand its health effects and identify strategies for timely intervention. The objective of the current project was to develop and test the infrastructure and methods necessary for using wearable technology to quantify individual response to stressful situations and to determine if popular and accessible fitness trackers such as Fitbit® equipped with an optical heart rate (HR) monitor could be used to detect physiological response to psychosocial stress in everyday life. The participants in this study were University of Minnesota students (n = 18) that owned a Fitbit® tracker and had at least one upcoming examination. Continuous HR and activity measurements were obtained during a 7-day observation period containing examinations self-reported by the participants. Participants responded to six ecological momentary assessment surveys per day (~ 2 hour intervals) to indicate occurrence of stressful events. We compared HR during stressful events (e.g., exams) to baseline HR during periods indicated as non-stressful using mixed effects modeling. Our results show that HR was elevated by 8.9 beats per minute during exams and by 3.2 beats per minute during non-exam stressors. These results are consistent with prior laboratory findings and indicate that consumer wearable fitness trackers could serve as a valuable source of information on exposure to psychosocial stressors encountered in the naturalistic environment.
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