The objective of this project is to create a plug-in on the AWARE framework to determine when a biodevice wearer is stressed based on heart rate variability.
Sponsor
Jennifer Frank
Team Members
Brian Siroka | John Smith | Nicholas Doolittle | Daniel Melo Cruz | Mutian Fan | | | | | | |
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Project Summary
Overview
Stress rates have increased drastically in adults throughout the U.S. because of economic and social hardships created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Our team was tasked to create a way to indicate and notify a wearable device user when their allostatic load is high. Allostatic Load is defined as the cumulative stress a person feels in reaction to their environment and can be measured through biomarkers taken from smartwatches.
Objectives
– analyze the feasibility to obtain smartwatches data such as Garmin, Fitbit, and Apple Watch
– create an AWARE plug-in that will notify a user when they are stressed.
-send ecological momentary interventions through the AWARE app to prescribe the user some breathing exercising to control their stress.
Approach
– Sponsor meetings gave the team a handle on the customer needs and requirements for the project.
– Literature on the causes of stress was compiled to help understand the calculation of allostatic load. These included patents of other bio devices stress analysis such as Garmin.
– A bio device review was generated to select the most accurate and compatible wearable devices.
– Documentation of AWARE was read and meetings with AWARE creators were held to understand the program.
– AWARE coding was performed on GitHub Repositories to adapt the code to our project’s needs.
– Meetings were conducted with Garmin to see the options and feasibility of obtaining real-time data.
– Open Authentication for different devices was investigated to obtain user’s data.
– Various other programs were explored to obtain data from the wearable device such as LabFront and PhysioQ.
Outcomes
– An understanding of Garmin’s API and SDK and how they can be integrated into the plug-in
– A prototype for the Apple Watch that sends notifications through AWARE when the user is stressed
– Future instruction on developing Fitbit as well as developing an Android version of Fitbit and Garmin.
-An Ecological Momentary Intervention Video that is pushed through AWARE when the user is stressed