Real-time Stress Monitoring for Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Nurses

Qian Zhang, Farzan Sasangohar, Pratima Saravanan, Nima Ahmadi, Tariq Nisar, Valerie Danesh, Faisal Masud

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Abstract

The aim of this study is to explore real-time stress monitoring models (based on physiological features) for intensive care unit (ICU) nurses. The quantification of stress in ICU nurses has been limited to subjective ratings, with a general gap in continuous measurement; real-time stress monitoring based on continuous physiological measurement is needed to assess the negative outcome of stress. Electrod ermal activity, eye tracking, accelerometer data, and skin temperatures were recorded continuously through 12-hour shifts for ICU nurses (23participants). A machine learning algorithm was applied to identify stress over time based on physiological features. eX treme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) was performed with an accuracy of 0.88. Skin temperature contributed the most to real-time stress identification for monitoring. Future work should investigate the efficacy of using skin temperature for stress identification in real-time for ICU nurses.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)779-782
Number of pages4
JournalProceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Volume66
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Event66th International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, HFES 2022 - Atlanta, United States
Duration: Oct 10 2022Oct 14 2022

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Human Factors and Ergonomics

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