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Severity of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms Manifest in Physiological and Behavioral Metrics Collected from a Consumer-Grade Wearable Ring

2026-02-09 health informatics Title + abstract only
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Wearable devices can collect changes in human behaviors related to mental health including depression and anxiety. Here, we examined whether and how digital metrics from a consumer-grade wearable smart ring (Oura Ring) differed by severity of depression and anxiety symptoms using data from a large-scale population-based sample of young adults (n=1,290, age range: 33-35). Participants wore the ring for two weeks, assessing sleep architecture, nocturnal heart rate (HR), heart rate variability (HRV...

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