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Toxic stress during the pandemic has fueled a wave of new stress management trackers. Offered in health monitoring devices by companies such as Fitbit<\/a>, WHOOP<\/a>, Oura Ring, Samsung<\/a>, Garmin, and others, they aim to make users more cognizant of stress and learn tools for handling it.<\/p>\n

Measuring stress<\/strong><\/h2>\n

These trackers collect information on metrics such as heart rate, skin temperature, and sleep quality<\/a> through cutting-edge sensors in smartwatches, wristbands, and rings. They also continuously assess heart rate variability<\/a>, or HRV, which is the balance between the body\u2019s systems for ramping up to a challenge and slowing down to rest.<\/p>\n

Some, such as Google\u2019s Fitbit and Pixel, measure electrical changes in certain sweat glands that respond to stress and emotional arousal. This invisible \u201celectrodermal\u201d sweat \u201ccontains extra information about stress beyond HRV,\u201d says Hugo Posada-Quintero, biomedical engineering professor at the University of Connecticut.<\/p>\n

When combined, these metrics reveal psychological stress\u2014like chronic worrying or work aggravation\u2014that erode health and may otherwise escape our awareness. This so-called \u201cunrecognized stress\u201d is common in people with busy lifestyles.<\/p>\n

The trackers show how other stressors, like exercise<\/a>, are beneficial in the right amounts. Although some physical responses to exercise resemble unhealthy stress, the trackers may distinguish good stress from bad. If you\u2019re moving your body in specified ways, they determine your fast pulse is from working out from road running, not road raging.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Stress scores and recommendations<\/strong><\/h2>\n

All of this information gets rolled up into a daily stress management score. For example, Fitbit and Garmin offer 1-100 scales, where 100 means you managed stress flawlessly. \u00a0Across the various apps, these scores tend to focus on three main factors: mental stress, physical exertion and sleep quality.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve had too much exertion, your app might advise you dial back on exercise. If anxiety has been dropping your overall score, your app will recommend meditation sessions. In October, Oura teamed<\/a> with Headspace to add guided breathwork and visualizations to its audio library.<\/p>\n

These systems also notify you in real time when stress is peaking, with suggestions for decreasing it. This can take some getting used to. When Hananeh Esmailbeigi, a biomedical engineer at the University of Illinois at Chicago, got the first notification from her Apple<\/a> Watch that she was stressing out, it stressed her out even more. Lately, though, she says the pop-ups have become much-needed reminders to use the stress management techniques she\u2019s learned from books and podcasts.<\/p>\n

Quantifying your habits and experiences can encourage<\/a> behavior changes for stress management. If you eat a large, sugary meal before bed, for example, your stress numbers go up as the digestive overload increases heart rate. The sensors will further detect how the late meal disrupts sleep.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Objective data makes it harder to overlook or rationalize mistakes, reinforcing motivation to avoid them. Stress trackers also reveal specific triggers of negative emotional stress, so you can mitigate or avoid these situations.<\/p>\n

Trackers also reinforce positive <\/em>stress. This goes beyond exercise to include intermittent fasting, saunas and cold plunges. These experiences strain us in the moment but, unlike toxic stress, they pack a rebound effect that strengthens bodies and minds.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cOur bodies need stress,\u201d says Kristen Holmes, VP of performance science at WHOOP. \u201cAnd understanding the dose and frequency is important.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some trackers deploy AI coaches that analyze your stress data to give personalized tips. In September, WHOOP partnered<\/a> with OpenAI to integrate a large language model. \u201cIt\u2019s like texting with a friend about your health, but this friend knows more about you than your doctor,\u201d says Holmes, a PhD candidate in psychology at the University of Queensland.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In early 2024, Fitbit will start rolling out similar AI coaching. Generally, these models are engaging but nascent, Posada-Quintero says. He thinks they\u2019ll become more effective as they\u2019re designed more specifically for health.<\/p>\n

Challenges and workarounds<\/strong><\/h2>\n

One challenge when using these trackers is accuracy. People prefer devices designed for the hand area, but the sensors work better in other areas. The constant movement of your hands can skew data. \u201cThere\u2019s a reason they haven\u2019t yet been [FDA-approved] as medical devices for certain metrics like HRV,\u201d Esmailbeigi says.<\/p>\n

There are some workarounds. Algorithms remove many of the \u201cmotion artifacts.\u201d With WHOOP, you can wear the band on the biceps, which produces less movement and more precision. To get more information on electrodermal sweating, you can put your palm on Fitbit\u2019s watch face, which measures more sweat glands while you\u2019re motionless for two minutes.<\/p>\n

A remaining issue is distinguishing negative and positive emotions. Say you felt excited after a work promotion. Your device may confuse your happiness with agitation. To address this issue, some apps let you note what was actually happening when stress was detected through journaling tools, such as Oura\u2019s recently launched, AI-enhanced Reflections<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rosalind Picard, an MIT Media Lab professor and trailblazer in measuring emotion through computing, says that more research is needed to design labels that people can use to gain awareness of their feelings, including stress. \u201cConsumer devices oversimplify the complexity of stress,\u201d Picard says.<\/p>\n

Until then, Esmailbeigi recommends journaling outside the app to reflect on stress levels, what you\u2019re learning from the device, and issues that are affecting measurements\u2014for example, a smartwatch slipping down the wrist too far. (Esmailbeigi is researching a solution to that problem: putting the sensors in mouthguards<\/a>.)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Picard founded a smartwatch company called Empatica<\/a> that meets FDA requirements for measuring electrodermal activity, HRV, and more. It\u2019s available to participants in clinical trials. Commercially sold sensors and stress scores still have a long way to go, Picard says, but there\u2019s reason for excitement. \u201cWe originally thought this stuff was crazy when we built the first working devices,\u201d she says. \u201cNow, here it is, happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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