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ArticleBiosensors2022

Emerging Wearable Biosensor Technologies for Stress Monitoring and Their Real-World Applications.

Ju-Yu Wu, Congo Tak-Shing Ching, Hui-Min David Wang, Lun-De Liao

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Article in Biosensors, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Occupational Stress in the Neuroticism-Burnout Link: An Exploratory Examination of Physiological Contributions.Clinical psychopharmacology and neuroscience : the official scientific journal of the Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ju-Yu WuInstitute of Biomedical Engineering and Nanomedicine, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan Township, Miaoli County 35053, Taiwan.
Congo Tak-Shing ChingGraduate Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, South District, Taichung City 402, Taiwan.
Hui-Min David WangProgram in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, South District, Taichung City 402, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-4692-4917
Lun-De LiaoInstitute of Biomedical Engineering and Nanomedicine, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan Township, Miaoli County 35053, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-2601-3673
National Chung Hsing University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wearable devices are being developed faster and applied more widely. Wearables have been used to monitor movement-related physiological indices, including heartbeat, movement, and other exercise metrics, for health purposes. People are also paying more attention to mental health issues, such as stress management. Wearable devices can be used to monitor emotional status and provide preliminary diagnoses and guided training functions. The nervous system responds to stress, which directly affects eye movements and sweat secretion. Therefore, the changes in brain potential, eye potential, and cortisol content in sweat could be used to interpret emotional changes, fatigue levels, and physiological and psychological stress. To better assess users, stress-sensing devices can be integrated with applications to improve cognitive function, attention, sports performance, learning ability, and stress release. These application-related wearables can be used in medical diagnosis and treatment, such as for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), traumatic stress syndrome, and insomnia, thus facilitating precision medicine. However, many factors contribute to data errors and incorrect assessments, including the various wearable devices, sensor types, data reception methods, data processing accuracy and algorithms, application reliability and validity, and actual user actions. Therefore, in the future, medical platforms for wearable devices and applications should be developed, and product implementations should be evaluated clinically to confirm product accuracy and perform reliable research.

Indexed as

Athletic PerformanceBiosensing TechniquesWearable Electronic DevicesHumansMonitoring, PhysiologicReproducibility of ResultsSweatbiosensorelectroencephalography (EEG) sensorelectrooculography (EOG) sensoremotion evaluationstress sensorsweat sensorwearables

Identifiers

PMID36551064
PMCPMC9776100
OpenAlexW4310396546

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