Identifying and measuring stressors present in pre-hospital care

Peter Kindness; Chris Mellish; Judith Masthoff

7th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

Research Article

Identifying and measuring stressors present in pre-hospital care

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    author={Peter Kindness and Chris Mellish and Judith Masthoff},
    title={Identifying and measuring stressors present in pre-hospital care},
    proceedings={7th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH},
    year={2013},
    month={5},
    keywords={stress caregiver needs unobtrusive sensors},
    doi={10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2013.252094}
}

Peter Kindness
Chris Mellish
Judith Masthoff
Year: 2013
Identifying and measuring stressors present in pre-hospital care
PERVASIVEHEALTH
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2013.252094

Peter Kindness¹^,*, Chris Mellish¹, Judith Masthoff²

1: dot.rural, University of Aberdeen
2: Department of Computing Science, University of Aberdeen

*Contact email: pkindness@abdn.ac.uk

Abstract

In this paper we introduce and outline the results of a survey designed to identify the demands and stressors experienced by pre-hospital care providers. We then present a controlled study that investigates how the stressors identified as being present in pre-hospital care can be measured using unobtrusive sensors measuring heart rate and skin conductance. We highlight how these findings can have important implications for future work regarding the development of systems for pre-hospital care providers.

Keywords: stress caregiver needs unobtrusive sensors

Published: 2013-05-23
Publisher: IEEE

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2013.252094