Proposed study - a trial and indicative health status determination of participants working in institutions of higher learning in Birmingham and the West Midlands using the NeXus-4 physiological monitoring system

There is great concern over the increasing incidence of stress amongst British population. Using questionnaires, the study evaluated various aspects of students´ behaviour in relation to their habits and quality of life. A NeXus-4 system was mailed on an adult male participant, wirelessly capturing various physiological data associated with stress via a portable system that supported input channels for: blood pressure, heart rate, core temperature and peripheral perfusion. A 15-min baseline determination of stress responses of various office activities was recorded, followed by equivalent time determinations of blood perfusion and heart rate. The questionnaires will subsequently be adapted and used with participants in the higher education study along with NeXus-4 data.