Research Article
Management of Stress Based on IoT: Current Trends
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.24-3-2022.2319028, author={Anam Saiyeda}, title={Management of Stress Based on IoT: Current Trends}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on ICT for Digital, Smart, and Sustainable Development, ICIDSSD 2022, 24-25 March 2022, New Delhi, India}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICIDSSD}, year={2023}, month={5}, keywords={mhealth ehealth stress iot iomt}, doi={10.4108/eai.24-3-2022.2319028} }- Anam Saiyeda
Year: 2023
Management of Stress Based on IoT: Current Trends
ICIDSSD
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.24-3-2022.2319028
Abstract
In today’s world stress has become a part of everyday life. The ongoing pandemic has contributed to increasing our everyday stress even further. If no timely action is take it can become a bigger problem having an effect on physical and mental well being of any individual. There is a gap in the number of people affected by stress and doctors and psychologists availability. Further with restrictions of social distancing and lockdowns the accessibility has further reduced. With advancements in human computer interaction and increased use of IoT, technology can help aid doctors in managing stress. A large variety of methods and approaches are available for stress management using HCI and IoT. This review aims to present a summary of the available techniques, with special focus on mobile apps. With mobile phones being omnipresent, apps are very popular amongst users of all ages. There is a huge number of such apps available, but there is no criterion for filtering out the useful ones from others. and highlight the useful apps from this enormous pool of resources. This paper attempts to examine some of them. They are reviewed analyzed and selected on the basis of techniques applied for stress management and ease of use and functionality.