This study investigates the impact of patient stress on COVID-19 screening. An attempt was made to measure the level of anxiety of individuals undertaking rapid tests for SARS-CoV-2. To this end, a galvanic skin response (GSR) sensor that was connect...
Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer
Dec 30, 2024
PURPOSE: Early and accurate identification of the risk of psychological distress allows for timely intervention and improved prognosis. Current methods for predicting psychological distress among lung cancer patients using readily available data are ...
BACKGROUND: The rise of wearable sensors marks a significant development in the era of affective computing. Their popularity is continuously increasing, and they have the potential to improve our understanding of human stress. A fundamental aspect wi...
Undergraduate students are often impacted by depression, anxiety, and stress. In this context, machine learning may support mental health assessment. Based on the following research question: "How do machine learning models perform in the detection o...
The sympathetic nervous system (SNS) is essential for the body's immediate response to stress, initiating physiological changes that can be measured through sympathetic nerve activity (SNA). While microneurography (MNG) is the gold standard for direc...
There is a silent pandemic of suicides around the world, with an exponential increase in suicidality and chronic suicidal ideations. The exact global estimates cannot be accurately ascertained, but analysis will put it at more than a million annually...
BACKGROUND: As the Internet of Things (IoT) expands, it enables new forms of communication, including interactions mediated by teleoperated robots like avatars. While extensive research exists on the effects of these devices on communication partners...
Computer methods and programs in biomedicine
Nov 17, 2024
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Facial cues and expressions constitute a component of bodily responses that provide useful information about one's stress levels. According to the Facial Action Coding System, they can be modelled consistently in terms of fu...
Journal of bioinformatics and computational biology
Nov 15, 2024
Research suggests that individuals who experience prolonged exposure to stress may be at higher risk for developing psychological stress disorders. Currently, psychological stress is primarily evaluated by professional physicians using rating scales,...
Driving stress is a critical factor leading to road traffic accidents. Despite numerous studies that have been conducted on driving stress recognition, most of them only focus on accuracy improvement without taking model interpretability into account...
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