Depression Screening Using Daily Mental-Health Ratings from a Smartphone Application for Breast Cancer Patients.

Junetae Kim Sanghee Lim Yul Ha Min Yong Wook Shin Byungtae Lee Guiyun Sohn Kyung Hae Jung Jae-Ho Lee Byung Ho Son Sei-Hyun Ahn Soo-Yong Shin Jong Won Lee

Published in: Journal of medical Internet research (2016)

Our results support the potential of a mobile mental-health tracker as a tool for screening for depression in practice. Also, this study provides clinicians with a guideline for generating indicator variables from daily mental-health ratings. Furthermore, our results provide empirical evidence for the critical role of adherence to self-reporting, which represents crucial information for both doctors and patients.

Keyphrases

mental health
end stage renal disease
mental illness
depressive symptoms
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
physical activity
primary care
healthcare
prognostic factors
patient reported outcomes
adipose tissue
adverse drug