Wearable Sensing Approaches for Stress Recognition in Everyday Life

Abstract

Wearable, sensor-equipped devices { often referred to as wearables -- became increasingly available and ubiquitous in recent years. The rising social acceptance of body-worn technology is a driver for the increasing adoption of wearables on the consumer level. Especially, the health and fitness sector is popular, since wearables can offer continuous sensing of various aspects of our lives, like e.g. physical activity or heart rate. In our modern, hectic lives, stress becomes an increasing factor diminishing our health. Chronic stress is highly related health issues and a shortening of lifespan [3]. Successful, ubiquitous sensing technologies could support the detection and prevention of stress in everyday life.