mHealth Intelligence September 16, 2021
Researchers using mHealth wearables to measure healthcare workers’ physiological responses found that a lack of resilience and emotional support increases stress.
Mount Sinai researchers used wearable devices to monitor physiological effects in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and found that high resilience and emotional support are linked to a reduced risk of stress.
The study focused on 361 healthcare workers across seven hospitals in the New York City health system and leveraged a customized mHealth application along with the wearables.
Participants used the app to complete weekly surveys that gauged perceived stress, emotional support, optimism, quality of life, and resilience, which was defined as “the ability to overcome difficulty and a reduced vulnerability to environmental stressors.” The healthcare workers...
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