Heart Rate Variability Metrics for Fine-grained Stress Level Assessment

The impact of the mental stress in the health condition is currently well recognized [1 –3]. The effect of the stress on the human body capability to regulate inflammation can promote the development and progression of diseases. Stress was identified as a risk factor in the heart diseases, diabetes, asthma, upper respiratory infections and depression [1,2,4,5]. For these reasons, it is extremely important to have instrumental solutions that allow the stressful events assessment and monitoring in order to measure, quantify and correlate with health impact [4,6–8].
Source: Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine - Category: Bioinformatics Authors: Source Type: research