I-Corps: Real-time anxiety detection and modulation using wearables

I-Corps：使用可穿戴设备进行实时焦虑检测和调节

• 批准号: 2243335
• 负责人: Richard Sowers
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-01-01 至 2024-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2243335&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Real; time; anxiety; detection; Corps; Real; time; anxiety; detection

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is the development of technology that provides objective data to patients and caregivers before and after clinical psychological consults to provide improved adherence and to improve the informal support infrastructure for new referrals to a clinical psychologist. Mental health disorders are prevalent in the United States, with nearly one in four adults living with a mental illness. Mental health disorders account for a large proportion of the disease burden in younger populations across the world. While mental health disorders are often diagnosed in adulthood, these diseases often stem from disorders arising as a childhood, adolescence, or young adulthood. Social and health disparities have a widespread impact on developmental periods and have been associated with an increase in mental health conditions in racial minorities. Furthermore, with increased social isolation, increased depression, anxiety, insomnia, and stress become more prevalent, particularly in females. For young adults, in college or professional programs, the need to balance life and work already present significant challenges for emotional wellbeing, let alone when faced with a pandemic.This I-Corps project is based on the development of a technology that integrates personalized, wearable devices and machine learning/artificial intelligence frameworks to establish a personalized evaluation and intervention targeting mental health changes in stressful environments. Wearable sensors enable continuous measurement and evaluation of potential behavioral markers of disease progression, physiological health, and wellness in adults across their lifespan. Given the shortage of mental health professionals, limited access to quality mental health services, and the stigma associated with mental disorders, the need for improved tele-monitoring of changes in health and wellness is paramount. Wearable sensors of physiological or psychological function have been integrated into accessories, clothing, body attachments, and implantable devices. However, fitness trackers and smartwatches experience abandonment rates of ~30%, which highlights the need to develop technologies that are user‐centered and respond to users’ functional and emotional needs to ensure adoption and continued use.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该I-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是技术的开发，该技术在临床心理问题之前和之后为患者和护理人员提供客观数据，以提高依从性并改善非正式的支持基础设施，以将新的推荐人推荐给临床心理学家。在美国，心理健康障碍普遍存在，几乎四分之一的成年人患有精神疾病。心理健康障碍是全世界年轻人口中大部分疾病燃烧的很大一部分。尽管经常在成年期被诊断出心理健康障碍，但这些疾病通常源自童年时期，青少年或年轻人的疾病。社会和健康差异对发展时期有广泛影响，并且与少数族裔的心理健康状况的增加有关。此外，随着社会隔离的增加，抑郁，焦虑，失眠和压力的增加变得更加普遍，尤其是在女性中。对于年轻人，在大学或专业课程中，平衡生活和工作的需求已经为情感福祉带来重大挑战，更不用说面对大流行时。该I-Corps项目基于开发一种将个性化的，可穿戴的倾向和机器学习/人工智力框架整合的技术，以建立一个个性化的评估和干预心理健康的压力环境，以实现压力的环境。可穿戴传感器可以连续测量和评估疾病进展，身体健康和健康状况的潜在行为标记。考虑到精神卫生专业人员的短缺，获得优质的心理健康服务的机会有限以及与精神障碍相关的污名，需要改善健康和健康变化的远程监控。身体或心理功能的可穿戴传感器已集成到配件，衣服，身体附件和可植入的设备中。但是，健身追踪器和智能手表经历了〜30％的遗弃率，这强调了开发以用户为中心的技术并响应用户的功能和情感需求，以确保采用并继续使用。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用该基金会的知识分子优点和广泛的范围来评估NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得的支持。