Wearable Biosensing to Predict Imminent Aggressive Behavior in Psychiatric Inpatient Youths With Autism.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Aggressive behavior is a prevalent and challenging issue in individuals with autism.

Objective

To investigate whether changes in peripheral physiology recorded by a wearable biosensor and machine learning can be used to predict imminent aggressive behavior before it occurs in inpatient youths with autism.

Design, setting, and participants

This noninterventional prognostic study used data collected from March 2019 to March 2020 from 4 primary care psychiatric inpatient hospitals. Enrolled participants were 86 psychiatric inpatients with confirmed diagnoses of autism exhibiting operationally defined self-injurious behavior, emotion dysregulation, or aggression toward others; 16 individuals were not included (18.6%) because they would not wear the biosensor (8

SUBMITTER: Imbiriba T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10739066 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature