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2012 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Telemedical System for Diagnosis and Therapy of Stress Related Disorders
Author : Stefan Hey
Published in: Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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The consequences of stress on the health of a person as well as the impact on the health system attracted more and more the public’s attention during the last years. In contrast to this, only a few instruments for an objective assessment of stress for the use in diagnosis and therapy of stress related disorders exist. In this article, a model for the phenomenon “stress” is introduced to understand the complex correlations between psychological, physiological and behavioral level. According to this model, a telemedical system that allows a comprehensive assessment of stress-related parameters is presented. This system consists of a psycho-physiological measurement device based on a chest-strep with dry electrodes in order to measure physiological parameters like ECG, physical activity, breathing and photoplethysmogramm (PPG) and a wirelessly coupled smartphone used as an e-diary and e-questionnaire to assess subjective and behavioral parameters.