Study protocol for a systematic review with meta-analysis to compare digital stress tests regarding their psychological and physiological stress responses.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

Stress is a phenomenon of everyday life that all humans are exposed to, and that can have negative effects on health. Exposure to chronic stress has been associated with development of several diseases, but also acute stress can have detrimental health effects. To understand acute stress, standardized laboratory protocols are frequently employed. However, these protocols require considerable personal and financial resources, and are therefore usually uneconomical. More and more digitized, automated protocols are currently being developed, which may enable a more cost-effective and less time-consuming implementation, but these have not been systematically examined and compared. The aim of the proposed systematic review is therefore to provide a comprehensive overv

SUBMITTER: Reiser L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12468937 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature