Factors Associated With Longitudinal Psychological and Physiological Stress in Health Care Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Observational Study Using Apple Watch Data.

Robert P Hirten Matteo Danieletto Lewis E Tomalin Katie Hyewon Choi Micol Zweig Eddye A Golden Sparshdeep Kaur Drew S Helmus Anthony Biello Renata Pyzik Claudia Calcagno Robert M Freeman Bruce E Sands Dennis S Charney Erwin P Böttinger James W Murrough Laurie Keefer Mayte Suárez-Fariñas Girish Nitin Nadkarni Zahi Adel Fayad

Published in: Journal of medical Internet research (2021)

High resilience, emotional support, and quality of life place HCWs at reduced risk of longitudinal perceived stress and have a distinct physiological stress profile. Our findings support the use of these characteristics to identify HCWs at risk of the psychological and physiological stress effects of the pandemic.

Keyphrases

mental health
cross sectional
coronavirus disease
depressive symptoms
physical activity
big data
electronic health record
machine learning
sleep quality
heat stress
artificial intelligence
deep learning