Detecting Subclinical Social Anxiety Using Physiological Data From a Wrist-Worn Wearable: Small-Scale Feasibility Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Subclinical (ie, threshold) social anxiety can greatly affect young people's lives, but existing solutions appear inadequate considering its rising prevalence. Wearable sensors may provide a novel way to detect social anxiety and result in new opportunities for monitoring and treatment, which would be greatly beneficial for persons with social anxiety, society, and health care services. Nevertheless, indicators such as skin temperature measured by wrist-worn sensors have not been used in prior work on physiological social anxiety detection.

Objective

This study aimed to investigate whether subclinical social anxiety in young adults can be detected using physiological data obtained from wearable sensors, including heart rate, skin temperature, and electrodermal act

SUBMITTER: Shaukat-Jali R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8532020 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature