Validity of a smartphone application for self-monitoring psychiatric symptoms in patients with schizophrenia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Despite increasing research on digital technologies for psychiatric disorders, studies specifically examining self-monitoring of symptoms with smartphone applications by patients with schizophrenia remain limited. This study aims to evaluate the validity and reliability of self-monitoring psychiatric symptoms using a smartphone application among patients with schizophrenia at Mindlink, a community-based early intervention center.

Methods

Fifty-three young patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders participated. They rated their psychiatric symptoms across five domains-delusions, hallucinations, anxiety, depression, and perceived stress-using an 11-point Likert scale at baseline, 1 week, 8 weeks, and 16 weeks. Test-retest reliability was assessed using intraclas

SUBMITTER: Kim SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11786287 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature