Validation of a Wearable Sensor for Stress Response in a Virtual Reality Environment

Completed

• Conditions: Healthy

• Registration Number: NCT02321774
• Lead Sponsor: Scripps Translational Science Institute

Brief Summary

Monitor stress response in a virtual reality environment using a wearable sensor to analyze and track heart rate variability (HRV).

Detailed Description

Wearable sensor technology is being developed that may allow, for the first time, the ability for individuals to better recognized their level of stress in any given situation on a continuous basis. A major focus of many of these wearable sensors is being able to accurately analyze and track heart rate variability (HRV), which is indicative of primarily parasympathetic/vagal tone and emotional state.3 However there is a need to validate the reliability of this measured response and understand any inter-individual variability.

The present study will take advantage of virtual reality scenarios to expose healthy volunteers to controlled stressful situations during monitoring with several standardized lab-based non-invasive physiological sensors as well as a novel wrist band sensor device to track individual response to stress.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-11
• Study First Submitted: 2014-12-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-12-19
• Study First Posted: 2014-12-22
• Primary Completion: 2015-03
• Status Verified: 2015-05
• Study Completion: 2015-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-05-19
• Last Update Posted: 2015-05-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 53

Inclusion Criteria

• Adults over age 18

Exclusion Criteria

• History of seizures
• History of vertigo or other vestibular abnormalities
• History of a chronic anxiety disorder
• History of cardiovascular disease or heart disease

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes in heart rate variability (HRV) as detected by the wristband sensor relative to measures of stress noted by lab-based physiologic monitoring equipment.	~Four hours	Collect continuous physiological data in real-time from participants undergoing a set of standardized stress exposure experiences.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Virtual Reality Medical Center; 🇺🇸 San Diego, California, United States