Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare. Second International ICST Conference, MobiHealth 2011, Kos Island, Greece, October 5-7, 2011. Revised Selected Papers

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Telemedical System for Diagnosis and Therapy of Stress Related Disorders

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  • @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
Stefan Hey1,*
  • 1: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
*Contact email: stefan.hey@kit.edu

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.