From Wearable Data to Personalized and Actionable Health Insights
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2608.03251v1
- Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2026 07:23:46 GMT
- Title: From Wearable Data to Personalized and Actionable Health Insights
- Abstract summary: We propose a framework that combines user annotations with wearable data to support better stress management.<n>Social interaction reduced average heart rate by 4.35 to 5.0 beats per minute, deliberate rest reduced average Garmin stress scores by 10.03 to 13.83 points, and mindfulness activities decreased average HRV by 6.61 to 13.22 milliseconds.
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- Abstract: Commercial wearable devices continuously capture rich physiological data (e.g., heart rate, respiration), opening new possibilities for monitoring health conditions, notably around stress. Despite their promise, turning raw wearable physiological data streams into visualizations that surface stress-related insights in daily activities, and that ultimately foster reflection, awareness, and better stress management, remains a significant challenge. The data are noisy and context-dependent: the same spike in heart rate can come from sprinting, a tense presentation, or laughing with friends. To address these challenges, we propose a framework that combines user annotations with wearable data to support better stress management. We introduce a web framework offering interactive visualizations that layer daily activities, stress events, and interventions onto raw physiological streams, enabling users to reflect and identify trends. In a four-week pilot with seven university graduate and undergraduate student participants who logged 269 events, our tool revealed patterns between different types of interventions and stress: social interaction reduced average heart rate by 4.35 to 5.0 beats per minute, deliberate rest reduced average Garmin stress scores by 10.03 to 13.83 points, and mindfulness activities decreased average HRV by 6.61 to 13.22 milliseconds.
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