Detecting work-related stress with a wearable device

Han, Lu; Zhang, Qiang; Chen, Xianxiang; Zhan, Qingyuan; Yang, Ting; Zhao, Zhan

doi:10.1016/j.compind.2017.05.004

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“…Today, a particularly eminent application scenario of physiolytics is the detection of work-related stress because it was evidenced that it is responsible for major health issues, particularly for those employees in digital workplaces (Köffer, 2015). For instance, Han et al (2017) discuss a solution design, which links an electrocardiogram with a respiration sensor, that facilitates a reliable prediction of stress levels. In communicating this information to workers, according to the authors, an appropriate work condition can be maintained.…”

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“…Literature review on physiolytics scenarios, prototypes, and system propertiesHealth Risk Exemplary Prototypes [outlet] Exemplary System PropertiesStress ▪ Solution for the purpose of detecting work-related stress of office workers by means of a wearable device(Han et al, 2017) [Computers in Industry] Digital activity tracker-based workplace(Glance et al, 2016) [CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ]▪ Reports of step count totals on individual, third party, and team level ▪ Physical activity tracking in an employer-sponsored health program(Vyas et al, 2015) [ACM Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems]…”

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Physiolytics at the workplace: Affordances and constraints of wearables use from an employee's perspective

Mettler

Wulf

2018

Information Systems Journal

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Wearables paired with data analytics and machine learning algorithms that measure physiological (and other) parameters are slowly finding their way into our workplace. Several studies have reported positive effects from using such “physiolytics” devices and purported the notion that it may lead to significant workplace safety improvements or to increased awareness among employees concerning unhealthy work practices and other job‐related health and well‐being issues. At the same time, physiolytics may cause an overdependency on technology and create new constraints on privacy, individuality, and personal freedom. While it is easy to understand why organizations are implementing physiolytics, it remains unclear what employees think about using wearables at their workplace. Using an affordance theory lens, we, therefore, explore the mental models of employees who are faced with the introduction of physiolytics as part of corporate wellness or security programs. We identify five distinct user types each of which characterizes a specific viewpoint on physiolytics at the workplace: the freedom loving, the individualist, the cynical, the tech independent, and the balancer. Our findings allow for better understanding the wider implications and possible user responses to the introduction of wearable technologies in occupational settings and address the need for opening up the “user black box” in IS use research.

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Physiolytics at the workplace: Affordances and constraints of wearables use from an employee's perspective

Mettler

Wulf

2018

Information Systems Journal

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“…On the other hand, diverse studies exist that assess stress using mainly markers extracted from biosignals and thus measure the physiological reactions of the stress response on the body (see [12,[18][19][20]). The most widely used biosignals are electrocardiography (ECG) [21,22] and skin conductance (SC) [21,23]. Some features extracted from these biosignals, such as the heart rate (HR) and mainly its variations (HRV), are driven by the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and, more precisely, by its sympathetic and parasympathetic components; thus, they constitute good stress markers.…”

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Measuring acute stress response through physiological signals: towards a quantitative assessment of stress

Arza

Garzón-Rey

Lázaro

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Med Biol Eng Comput

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Social and medical problems associated with stress are increasing globally and seriously affect mental health and well-being. However, an effective stress-level monitoring method is still not available. This paper presents a quantitative method for monitoring acute stress levels in healthy young people using biomarkers from physiological signals that can be unobtrusively monitored. Two states were induced to 40 volunteers, a basal state generated with a relaxation task and an acute stress state generated by applying a standard stress test that includes five different tasks. Standard psychological questionnaires and biochemical markers were utilized as ground truth of stress levels. A multivariable approach to comprehensively measure the physiological stress response is proposed using stress biomarkers derived from skin temperature, heart rate, and pulse wave signals. Acute physiological stress levels (total-range 0-100 au) were continuously estimated every 1 min showing medians of 29.06 au in the relaxation tasks, while rising from 34.58 to 47.55 au in the stress tasks. Moreover, using the proposed method, five statistically different stress levels induced by the performed tasks were also measured. Results obtained show that, in these experimental conditions, stress can be monitored from unobtrusive biomarkers. Thus, a more general stress monitoring method could be derived based on this approach. Graphical abstract Stress measurements of different healthy young people throughout a Stress Session that includes a pre-relax stage (BL), memory test (ST and MT), stress anticipation time (SA), video display (VD) and arithmetic task.

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“…More and more public sector organizations are nowadays trying to seize the opportunity of collecting a broad range of biological, behavioral and other type of data. For example, prior research reports on the use of physiolytics, amongst others, in the areas of air traffic control [3], public transportation [4], firefighting [5], but also in regular office settings [6,7]. The introduction of physiolytics devices in the workplace constitutes an upward trend: from a total of 485 million devices estimated to have been sold in 2018, more than 13 million were used in occupational health and safety programs [8].…”

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Designing Visualizations for Workplace Stress Management: Results of a Pilot Study at a Swiss Municipality

Stepanovic

Mozgovoy

Mettler

2019

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Job absenteeism and health problems are frequently caused by elevated exposure to work-related stress. The public sector is particularly affected by this development. Nevertheless, public sector organizations seem to have issues to reliably detect stress or to discuss about this topic in an objective and factual manner. Data visualizations have been found to be a powerful boundary object for sense-making and for unraveling issues that lie under the surface. Based on a pilot study at a medium-sized municipality in Switzerland, we thus developed, tested, and discussed various alternative visual representations for creating awareness about occupational stress. The results of this study showcase the hidden potential and perils of analyzing physiolytics data on aggregate level.

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Detecting work-related stress with a wearable device

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Physiolytics at the workplace: Affordances and constraints of wearables use from an employee's perspective

Physiolytics at the workplace: Affordances and constraints of wearables use from an employee's perspective

Measuring acute stress response through physiological signals: towards a quantitative assessment of stress

Designing Visualizations for Workplace Stress Management: Results of a Pilot Study at a Swiss Municipality

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