A biofeedback system for sleep management

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sadek Hamdan ◽  
Hussein Al Osman ◽  
Mohamad Eid ◽  
Abdelmotaleb El Saddik
Keyword(s):  
Biofeedback System ◽  
Sleep Management

Refining the Walter Reed sleep management system: An exemplar for systems improvement using a macroergonomic approach

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy L. Grugle ◽  
Brian M. Kleiner ◽  
Nancy J. Wesensten ◽  
Thomas J. Balkin
Keyword(s):  
Management System ◽  
Sleep Management

scholarly journals Letter to the Editor: The development of knights cabin cancer retreats: a community program to engage cancer survivors’ proactive health behaviors

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Iris Lesser ◽  
Erin McGowan ◽  
Lisa Belanger
Keyword(s):  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Cancer Survivors ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Behavioral Change ◽  
Health Behaviours ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Charitable Organization ◽  
Sleep Management ◽  
Management Techniques

Abstract Purpose Cancer survivors often lack the knowledge and skills to return to positive health behaviors following a cancer diagnosis. The use of retreats may be an ideal environment for cancer survivors to learn about health behaviours while receiving social support from other survivors. Methods Knights Cabin Cancer Retreats was created as a charitable organization in 2014 and is at no cost to participants or their supporters. Elements of the retreat include guided hikes, yoga, classes on nutrition, stress, mindfulness and sleep management techniques, all with a focus on the evidence based theories of behavioral change. Results Ten retreats have been hosted across Canada to date with 137 cancer survivors and their supporters. Survivors reported that their top learning outcomes from the retreat were physical activity/nutrition and behavioral change/habit development. Conclusion Knight’s Cabin Cancer retreats are unique in their programming with a format of health education that allows for emotional support and engagement with other cancer survivors in a therapeutically natural environment.

scholarly journals Deployment and Dynamics of a Biofeedback System for Anxiety Awareness during Online Examination Activities

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 756
Author(s):  
Hippokratis Apostolidis ◽  
Georgia Papantoniou ◽  
Thrasyvoulos Tsiatsos
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Path Model ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Biofeedback System ◽  
Online Examination ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Biofeedback Device

The presented paper examines the deployment of a cost-effective biofeedback system that provides anxiety awareness during online examination activities. Human anxiety is classified by evaluating biosignals related to skin conductance, skin temperature, and heart rate. The first aim of this study is to check the presented system performance. Thus, we test the convergent validity of the system regarding self-report measures of anxiety. Moreover, the system is validated against a commercial tool of anxiety detection. Fifteen (15) postgraduate students took part in the relevant psychometric test. The convergent validity of the system is found to be satisfactory. The second aim of this study is to identify the participant’s personality dimensions according to Technology Readiness Index (TRI) which affects their academic performance and their real-time anxiety, as provided by the biofeedback device, during academic examinations. Thirty-five (35) postgraduate students, who were taking examinations in the form of synchronous online tests in the classroom for one of their lessons, took part in this stage of the research. The examined relationships are presented via a path model showing mainly that insecurity causes academic performance to decline, which in turn has a significant negative effect with increasing anxiety.

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