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Scots staff get to visualise their own stress levels via pioneering tech



Staff at health service company Cigna are being encouraged to monitor their stress levels using their employer’s unique visualisation technology.

The firm, with offices in Glasgow and Greenock, uses combines biometric data and digital art to create moving images. These react to signals from an EEG headband that measures brainwave activity, a heart rate sensor and a high-tech skin sensor. The colour-coded images show the physical and emotional impact of stress in the body and mind.

Cigna, partnered with doctors, technologists and US digital artist Sean Sullivan to build the ground-breaking technology. It brought the tech to its Glasgow base as part of its global campaign See Stress Differently, to help raise awareness of stress in the run up to the festive period.

It encourages people to create a personal stress-care plan which can be supported by the company’s health and wellbeing initiatives. Members of the public can also create their own stress visualisation by taking a three-minute stress  test online.

Liam Hughes, European sales and client management director at Cigna Europe said: “We know that Christmas can be a stressful time of year, as people across the UK manage the demands of work and their private lives. As a country, our research shows that  72% of Brits  suffer from stress and when you add the heavy workloads, jam-packed calendars and financial strain that Christmas often brings, it’s no wonder that stress and mental health issues are often heightened during the festive period.

“At Cigna, we are focused on providing solutions and support across all dimensions of wellbeing and we are proud to work with some of the UK’s top employers to help people better manage stress, both inside and out of the workplace.”



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