Research Article
Telemedical System for Diagnosis and Therapy of Stress Related Disorders
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-29734-2_47, author={Stefan Hey}, title={Telemedical System for Diagnosis and Therapy of Stress Related Disorders}, proceedings={Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare. Second International ICST Conference, MobiHealth 2011, Kos Island, Greece, October 5-7, 2011. Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={MOBIHEALTH}, year={2012}, month={10}, keywords={stress measurement ambulatory assessment physical activity pulse transit time}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-29734-2_47} }- Stefan Hey
Year: 2012
Telemedical System for Diagnosis and Therapy of Stress Related Disorders
MOBIHEALTH
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29734-2_47
Abstract
The consequences of stress on the health of a person as well as the impact on the health system attracted more and more the public’s attention during the last years. In contrast to this, only a few instruments for an objective assessment of stress for the use in diagnosis and therapy of stress related disorders exist. In this article, a model for the phenomenon “stress” is introduced to understand the complex correlations between psychological, physiological and behavioral level. According to this model, a telemedical system that allows a comprehensive assessment of stress-related parameters is presented. This system consists of a psycho-physiological measurement device based on a chest-strep with dry electrodes in order to measure physiological parameters like ECG, physical activity, breathing and photoplethysmogramm (PPG) and a wirelessly coupled smartphone used as an e-diary and e-questionnaire to assess subjective and behavioral parameters.
