The Association Between Home Stay and Symptom Severity in Major Depressive Disorder: Preliminary Findings From a Multicenter Observational Study Using Geolocation Data From Smartphones.

Petroula Laiou Dzmitry A Kaliukhovich Amos A Folarin Yatharth Ranjan Zulqarnain Rashid Pauline Conde Callum Stewart Shaoxiong Sun Yuezhou Zhang Faith Matcham Alina Ivan Grace Lavelle Sara Siddi Femke Lamers Brenda W J H Penninx Josep-Maria Haro Peter Annas Nicholas Cummins Srinivasan Vairavan Nikolay V Manyakov Vaibhav A Narayan Richard James Butler Dobson Matthew Hotopfnull null

Published in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2022)

Our findings suggest that home stay is associated with symptom severity in MDD and demonstrate the importance of accounting for confounding factors in future studies. In addition, they illustrate that passive sensing of individuals with depression is feasible and could provide clinically relevant information to monitor the course of illness in patients with MDD.

Keyphrases

major depressive disorder
bipolar disorder
healthcare
patient reported
depressive symptoms
electronic health record
current status
sleep quality
big data
cross sectional
health information
case control
machine learning
double blind
physical activity