Stress of Kindergarten teachers: How we tried to detect and to reduce it by using a small and wearable ECG and acceleration measuring device?

Abstract

In 2014 school year, four female teachers of Nazareth Kindergarten decided to resign (DRT) due to workplace stress caused by human relationships between themselves. Our preliminary interview investigation revealed there was a stressor (STR), a certain elder female teacher and her less polite words and attitude. Using small and wearable ECG and acceleration measuring device, we measured 24 hour's autonomic nervous system's activity (ASNA) and sleep behavior of the STR and surrounding teachers, and tried to evaluate their stress objectively and to understand the reason of STR's less polite behaviors. For comparison, we also measured female Mind-Body Medicine (MBM) patients suffering adjustment disorder and clinical depression.

Tapping into the wearable device revolution in the work environment: a systematic review

“…Using wearable devices has the potential to engage employees through user engagement features such as data, gamification and content (Asimakopoulos et al, 2017), at the same time making them collectors of quantified self-data, such as weight, diet, exercise routines or sleep patterns and heart rate and blood pressure skin conductance (Milosevic et al, 2012;Lavallière et al, 2016 ). Potentially, this gives employers opportunities to monitor the workrelated stress, mood (Setz et al, 2010;Milosevic et al, 2012;Muaremi et al, 2013;Shirouzu et al, 2015;Lavallière et al, 2016), individual and social behaviour (Kim et al, 2009;Lavallière et al, 2016) and progress (Chen and Kamara, 2011) of employees. For example, Zenonos et al (2016) uses wearable fitness and activity monitoring sensors in conjunction with external devices (i.e.…”

“…Wearable technology can be a valuable tool in the workplace to monitor and refine wellness initiatives. Many devices are used for monitoring physio-social stress, such as stress in the work environment (Setz et al, 2010;Milosevic et al, 2012;Muaremi et al, 2013;Shirouzu et al, 2015;Lavallière et al, 2016); physical stress, such as stress caused to the body by contact with heavy equipment (Luo and Yu, 2013;Chu et al, 2014;Peppoloni et al, 2014); or tracking the physical activities of workers (Singh et al, 2015;Glance et al, 2016;Zenonos et al, 2016). A significant benefit of wearable technology involves actively monitoring employees and having access to the data collected by those devices (Kritzler et al, 2015).…”