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The Use of Sensors to Detect Anxiety for In-the-Moment Intervention: Scoping Review

BACKGROUND: With anxiety a growing issue and barriers to accessing support services, there is a need for innovative solutions to provide early intervention. In-the-moment interventions support individuals to recognize early signs of distress and use coping mechanisms to prevent or manage this distre...

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Autores principales: Dobson, Rosie, Li, Linwei Lily, Garner, Katie, Tane, Taria, McCool, Judith, Whittaker, Robyn
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Publicado: JMIR Publications 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9936367/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36729590
http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/42611
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author Dobson, Rosie
Li, Linwei Lily
Garner, Katie
Tane, Taria
McCool, Judith
Whittaker, Robyn
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Li, Linwei Lily
Garner, Katie
Tane, Taria
McCool, Judith
Whittaker, Robyn
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description BACKGROUND: With anxiety a growing issue and barriers to accessing support services, there is a need for innovative solutions to provide early intervention. In-the-moment interventions support individuals to recognize early signs of distress and use coping mechanisms to prevent or manage this distress. There is potential for wearable sensors linked to an individual’s mobile phone to provide in-the-moment support tailored to individual needs and physiological responses. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this scoping review is to examine the role of sensors in detecting the physiological signs of anxiety to initiate and direct interventions for its management. METHODS: Relevant studies were identified through searches conducted in Embase, MEDLINE, APA PsycINFO, ProQuest, and Scopus. Studies were identified if they were conducted with people with stress or anxiety or at risk of anxiety and included a wearable sensor providing real-time data for in-the-moment management of anxiety. RESULTS: Of the 1087 studies identified, 11 studies were included in the review, including 5 randomized controlled trials and 6 pilot or pretesting studies. The results showed that most studies successfully demonstrated improvements in their target variables. This included overall anxiety and stress levels, and the implementation of in-the-moment stress and anxiety management techniques such as diaphragmatic breathing. There was wide variation in the types of sensors used, physiological measures, and sensor-linked interventions. CONCLUSIONS: This review indicates that sensors are potentially a useful tool in detecting anxiety and facilitating the implementation of a known control mechanism to reduce anxiety and improve mood, but further work is needed to understand the acceptability and effectiveness of this type of intervention.
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spelling pubmed-99363672023-02-18 The Use of Sensors to Detect Anxiety for In-the-Moment Intervention: Scoping Review Dobson, Rosie Li, Linwei Lily Garner, Katie Tane, Taria McCool, Judith Whittaker, Robyn JMIR Ment Health Review BACKGROUND: With anxiety a growing issue and barriers to accessing support services, there is a need for innovative solutions to provide early intervention. In-the-moment interventions support individuals to recognize early signs of distress and use coping mechanisms to prevent or manage this distress. There is potential for wearable sensors linked to an individual’s mobile phone to provide in-the-moment support tailored to individual needs and physiological responses. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this scoping review is to examine the role of sensors in detecting the physiological signs of anxiety to initiate and direct interventions for its management. METHODS: Relevant studies were identified through searches conducted in Embase, MEDLINE, APA PsycINFO, ProQuest, and Scopus. Studies were identified if they were conducted with people with stress or anxiety or at risk of anxiety and included a wearable sensor providing real-time data for in-the-moment management of anxiety. RESULTS: Of the 1087 studies identified, 11 studies were included in the review, including 5 randomized controlled trials and 6 pilot or pretesting studies. The results showed that most studies successfully demonstrated improvements in their target variables. This included overall anxiety and stress levels, and the implementation of in-the-moment stress and anxiety management techniques such as diaphragmatic breathing. There was wide variation in the types of sensors used, physiological measures, and sensor-linked interventions. CONCLUSIONS: This review indicates that sensors are potentially a useful tool in detecting anxiety and facilitating the implementation of a known control mechanism to reduce anxiety and improve mood, but further work is needed to understand the acceptability and effectiveness of this type of intervention. JMIR Publications 2023-02-02 /pmc/articles/PMC9936367/ /pubmed/36729590 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/42611 Text en ©Rosie Dobson, Linwei Lily Li, Katie Garner, Taria Tane, Judith McCool, Robyn Whittaker. Originally published in JMIR Mental Health (https://mental.jmir.org), 02.02.2023. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in JMIR Mental Health, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on https://mental.jmir.org/, as well as this copyright and license information must be included.
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Tane, Taria
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http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/42611
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