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. 2024 Jan 31;26:e52622. doi: 10.2196/52622

Table 4.

Pooled mean estimates of accuracy by several factors (N=19).

Group Number of studiesa Sample size, n Accuracy (%), range Pooled mean accuracy (%), mean (95% CI) Heterogeneity measures Test for subgroup differences (P value)





τ2 Q (P value) I2 (%)
Algorithm .98

Support vector machine 6 2039 0.65-0.94 0.796 (0.67-0.90) 0.0276 143.0 (<.001) 96.5

K-nearest neighbor 6 2039 0.58-0.98 0.834 (0.71-0.93) 0.0326 96.2 (<.001) 94.8

Logistic regression 4 1545 0.66-0.87 0.768 (0.67-0.86) 0.0108 20.7 (<.001) 85.5

Artificial neural network 4 1686 0.66-0.99 0.811 (0.63-0.94) 0.0436 58.3 (<.001) 94.9

Random forest 3 1215 0.71-0.98 0.829 (0.61-0.97) 0.0456 43.1 (<.001) 95.4

Decision tree 2 494 0.64-0.86 0.762 (0.52-0.94) 0.0319 29.6 (<.001) 96.6

Naïve Bayes 2 990 0.68-0.97 0.841 (0.50-1.00) 0.0672 16.9 (<.001) 94.1
Number of stress classes .02b

2 25 9222 0.58-0.97 0.773 (0.61-0.87) 0.0873 173.4 (<.001) 97.2

>2 12 2203 0.86-0.99 0.944 (0.77-0.99) 0.2110 302.8 (<.001) 98.2
Type of WDc .049

Smartwatches 11 2094 0.66-0.97 0.836 (0.53-0.95) 0.1466 91.6 (<.001) 96.6

Smart bands 14 7128 0.58-0.77 0.695 (0.63-0.75) 0.0050 69.2 (<.001) 85.4

Electrodes 12 2203 0.86-0.99 0.944 (0.77-0.99) 0.2110 302.8 (<.001) 98.2
Location of WD .02

Wrist 25 9222 0.58-0.97 0.773 (0.61-0.87) 0.0873 173.4 (<.001) 97.2

Nonwrist 12 2203 0.86-0.99 0.944 (0.77-0.99) 0.2110 302.8 (<.001) 98.2
Data set size .009

≤100 14 789 0.80-0.99 0.947 (0.81-0.99) 0.1704 166.7 (<.001) 94.1

>100 23 10,627 0.58-0.91 0.769 (0.62-0.86) 0.0758 485.3 (<.001) 97.4
Data source .57

WD-based 12 1825 0.80-0.97 0.895 (0.87-0.91) 0.0000 29.9 (<.001) 60.5

WD-based data+other data 25 9600 0.58-0.99 0.830 (0.50-0.95) 0.3708 968.9 (<.001) 99.4
Data type .21

Heart rate data 13 5970 0.65-0.97 0.832 (0.52-0.95) 0.1594 115.4 (<.001) 98.6

Heart rate data+EDAd data 12 2203 0.86-0.99 0.944 (0.77-0.99) 0.2110 302.8 (<.001) 98.2
Stress inducers .10

Yes 25 8173 0.65-0.99 0.902 (0.75-0.96) 0.2292 1137.8 (<.001) 98.9

No 12 3252 0.58-0.80 0.697 (0.62-0.76) 0.0060 51.4 (<.001) 80.6
Ground truth .001

Objective 19 2413 0.80-0.99 0.933 (0.84-0.97) 0.1266 320.2 (<.001) 96.3

Subjective 18 9012 0.58-0.80 0.706 (0.66-0.75) 0.0031 95.0 (<.001) 85.1
Validation method .16

K-fold 16 4087 0.66-0.99 0.904 (0.64-0.98) 0.3324 784.7 (<.001) 99.0

Training-test split 14 7128 0.58-0.77 0.695 (0.63-0.75) 0.0050 69.2 (<.001) 85.4
All studies 37 11,425 0.58-0.99 0.856 (0.698-0.934) 0.2402 1318.2 (<.001) 98.8 N/Ae

aMany studies were included more than once in all meta-analyses except for the meta-analysis related to algorithms given that the studies assessed the performance of more than one algorithm.

bItalics indicate statistical significance (P<.05).

cWD: wearable device.

dEDA: electrodermal activity.

eN/A: not applicable.