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Abstract
The emergence of wearable sensors that allow for unobtrusive monitoring of physiological and behavioural patterns introduces new opportunities to study the impact of stress in a real-world context. This study explores to what extent within-subject trends in daily Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and daily HRV fluctuations are associated with longitudinal changes in stress, depression,
anxiety, and somatisation. Nine Dutch police officers collected daily nocturnal HRV data using an Oura ring during 15–55 weeks. Participants filled in the Four-Dimensional Symptoms Questionnaire every 5 weeks. A sample of 47 five-week observations was collected and analysed using multiple regression. After controlling for trends in total sleep time, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity
and alcohol use, an increasing trend in the seven-day rolling standard deviation of the HRV (HRVsd) was associated with increases in stress and somatisation over 5 weeks. Furthermore, an increasing HRV trend buffered against the association between HRVsd trend and somatisation change, undoing this association when it was combined with increasing HRV. Depression and anxiety could not be
related to trends in HRV or HRVsd, which was related to observed floor effects. These results show that monitoring trends in daily HRV via wearables holds promise for automated stress monitoring and providing personalised feedback.
anxiety, and somatisation. Nine Dutch police officers collected daily nocturnal HRV data using an Oura ring during 15–55 weeks. Participants filled in the Four-Dimensional Symptoms Questionnaire every 5 weeks. A sample of 47 five-week observations was collected and analysed using multiple regression. After controlling for trends in total sleep time, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity
and alcohol use, an increasing trend in the seven-day rolling standard deviation of the HRV (HRVsd) was associated with increases in stress and somatisation over 5 weeks. Furthermore, an increasing HRV trend buffered against the association between HRVsd trend and somatisation change, undoing this association when it was combined with increasing HRV. Depression and anxiety could not be
related to trends in HRV or HRVsd, which was related to observed floor effects. These results show that monitoring trends in daily HRV via wearables holds promise for automated stress monitoring and providing personalised feedback.
Original language | English |
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Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Healthcare (Switzerland) |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 12 Jan 2022 |
Keywords
- somatization
- somatisation
- resilience
- wearable
- wearables
- Heart Rate Variability
- depression
- anxiety
- mental well-being
- police
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WearMe: Wearable and app-based resilience Modeling in employees
de Vries, H. (CoI), Sanderman, R. (PI), van der Schans, C. (CoI), Oldenhuis, H. (CoI) & Kamphuis, W. (CoI)
1/09/17 → 30/11/21
Project: Research
Research output
- 1 Blogs and web publications
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Relating daily HRV fluctuations to stress & somatisation
de Vries, H., 14 Jan 2022Research output: Other contribution › Blogs and web publications › Other research output
Open Access
Activities
- 1 Oral presentation
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WEARME study : health by technology 2022
Herman de Vries (Speaker)
12 May 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation