Changes in Continuous, Long-Term Heart Rate Variability and Individualized Physiologic Responses to Wellness and Vacation Interventions Using a Wearable Sensor

Abhishek Pratap^1,2, Steve Steinhubl³, Elias Chaibub Neto¹, Stephan W. Wegerich⁴, Christine Tara Peterson⁵, Lizzy Weiss⁶, Sheila Patel^5,7, Deepak Chopra^5,6 and Paul J. Mills⁵

¹Sage Bionetworks, Seattle, WA, United States
²Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
³Scripps Translational Science Institute, La Jolla, CA, United States
⁴PhysIQ, Chicago, IL, United States
⁵Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
⁶The Chopra Foundation, Carlsbad, CA, United States
⁷Chopra Global, New York, NY, United States

Simple, wearable sensors enable the ability to continuously monitor HRV during routine daily activities. Personalized HRV analysis at an individual level showed distinct HRV trajectories, further supporting the utility of using continuous real-world tracking of HRV at an individual level to objectively measure responses to potentially stressful or relaxing settings. This holds promise for identifying personalized stress and calm. However, there remain substantial challenges to fully understanding how to best measure it to extract actionable data to benefit the individual.

Published in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (2020)

(2020) Front. Cardiovasc. Med. | doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2020.00120.