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Identification of stressors and de-stressors in employees working from homeduring COVID-19

Recruiting
Conditions
one
Registration Number
NL-OMON24132
Lead Sponsor
Stichting imec Nederland
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
200
Inclusion Criteria

Subjects between 18 and 65 years old
- Subjects working for at least 4 days during the 7 days in total, from which at least 3 days are spend working from home. Each workday must consist of at least 6 hours a day
- Subjects are working/residing in the United States during the measurements
- Subjects capable of wearing a wrist-worn tracker on one of their wrists
- Subjects must have a smartphone newer than 2014 that runs iOs 11+ or Android 7.0+ which is continuously available to them during the whole duration of the experiment.
- Subjects must be capable of using a smartphone app
- Subjects must have English working proficiency.

Exclusion Criteria

- Subjects being incapable (for whatever reason) to properly read/understand/sign the informed consent and subject information.
- Subjects with known atherosclerosis and/or cardiovascular impairments.
- Subjects with a known medical condition that will increase risk of infections due to the electrodes like for example wounds on hand and arm or skin allergies.
- Subjects with a known allergy to silicone.
- Subjects wearing any other measuring device which cannot be removed (i.e. Holter monitor).
- Patients with known sensitivity to light or using medication with phototoxic side ef-fects (i.e. Tetracycline, Doxycycline, Phenothiazines, Dacarbazine, Ketoprofen, Lomefloxacin). This is in order to exclude the possibility of local skin irritation from prolonged irradiation by LED-light (from the wearable on the wrist).
- Women known to be pregnant.
- Subjects with any implanted active device (i.e.,. device containing a battery), such as a pacemaker.
- Subjects with epilepsy or known sensitivity to bright light
- Subjects with known nervous system disorders.
- Subjects with known mental disorders
- Subjects in therapy or taking medication for psychiatric disorders

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational non invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Determine stressors and de-stressors in employees working from home
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Verify and optimize current stress models towards consumer-grade sensors
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