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Pryss R, John D, Schlee W, Schlotz W, Schobel J, Kraft R, Spiliopoulou M, Langguth B, Reichert M, O'Rourke T, Peters H, Pieh C, Lahmann C, Probst T
Exploring the Time Trend of Stress Levels While Using the Crowdsensing Mobile Health Platform, TrackYourStress, and the Influence of Perceived Stress Reactivity: Ecological Momentary Assessment Pilot Study
Exploring the time trend of stress-levels while using the crowdsensing mHealth platform TrackYourStress and the influence of stress reactivity
Rüdiger Pryss;
Dennis John;
Winfried Schlee;
Wolff Schlotz;
Johannes Schobel;
Robin Kraft;
Myra Spiliopoulou;
Berthold Langguth;
Manfred Reichert;
Teresa O'Rourke;
Henning Peters;
Christoph Pieh;
Claas Lahmann;
Thomas Probst
ABSTRACT
Background:
The smartphone-based framework TrackYourStress (TYS) is a new crowdsensing mHealth platform for ecological momentary assessments of perceived stress levels.
Objective:
The smart phone App TrackYourStress (TYS) is a new crowdsensing mobile Health (mHealth) platform for ecological momentary assessments of perceived stress-levels. In this pilot study, we investigated the time trend of stress-levels while using TYS for the whole population studied and whether stress-reactivity moderates stress-level changes while using TYS .
Methods:
Using TYS, stress-levels were measured repeatedly with the four-item version of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-4) and perceived stress reactivity was measured once with the Perceived Stress Reactivity Scale (PSRS). A total of 78 participants, which provided one PSRS assessment and at least four repeated PSS-4 measurements were included in this pilot study. Linear multilevel models were performed to analyze trends in stress-levels and associations with perceived stress reactivity.
Results:
Across the whole sample, stress-levels did not change while using TYS (P = .834). Except for one PSRS scale, inter-individual differences in stress-reactivity did not influence the trajectories of stress-levels. However, participants with higher scores in the PSRS item reactivity to failure, showed increasing PSS-4 scores while using TYS compared to participants with lower scores (P = .038).
Conclusions:
TYS tracks the stress-levels in daily life and most of the results showed that stress-levels do not change while using TYS. Controlled trials are necessary to evaluate whether it is specifically TYS or other influences that worsen the stress-level of participants with higher reactivity to failure.
Citation
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Pryss R, John D, Schlee W, Schlotz W, Schobel J, Kraft R, Spiliopoulou M, Langguth B, Reichert M, O'Rourke T, Peters H, Pieh C, Lahmann C, Probst T
Exploring the Time Trend of Stress Levels While Using the Crowdsensing Mobile Health Platform, TrackYourStress, and the Influence of Perceived Stress Reactivity: Ecological Momentary Assessment Pilot Study