Towards Continuous Monitoring of Well-Being

Anneloes Meijer*, Lukas Arts, Randy Gomez, Egon van den Broek

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Abstract

When linked to wearable biosensors, Intelligent Environments could play a pivotal role in continuously monitoring and securing people’s well-being.We explored the value of one such biosensor that records Electrodermal Activity (EDA) by assessing its correlation with participants’ simultaneously, continuously, self-reported arousal. EDA’s frequency and amplitude of ‘non-specific’ SkinConductance Responses in low, mid to high, or high levels of arousal were deter-mined. When participants were in mid/high and high arousal situations, self-reports showed significant correlations (p<.001) with both EDA characteristics. With low arousal, no significant correlations were found. So, in cases of elevated stress, EDA shows the potential of being a reliable signal stress and, hence, also monitor of people’s well-being over time. Follow-up studies should further investigate and validate the utility of EDA monitoring as part of a comprehensive health monitoring strategy and its effectiveness in enhancing well-being.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWorkshop Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE2023)
EditorsGirish Bekaroo, Somaya Ben Allouch, Massimo Mecella
PublisherIOS Press
Pages196-205
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-64368-405-5
ISBN (Print)978-1-64368-404-8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Publication series

NameAmbient Intelligence and Smart Environments
PublisherIOS Press
Volume32
ISSN (Print)1875-4163
ISSN (Electronic)1875-4171

Keywords

  • Intelligent Environments
  • well-being
  • electrodermal activity
  • Continuous monitoring
  • stress
  • Biosensors

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