Utility of Digital Phenotyping Based on Wrist Wearables and Smartphones in Psychosis: Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digital phenotyping provides insights into an individual's digital behaviors and has potential clinical utility.

Objective

In this observational study, we explored digital biomarkers collected from wrist-wearable devices and smartphones and their associations with clinical symptoms and functioning in patients with schizophrenia.

Methods

We recruited 100 outpatients with schizophrenia spectrum disorder, and we collected various digital data from commercially available wrist wearables and smartphones over a 6-month period. In this report, we analyzed the first week of digital data on heart rate, sleep, and physical activity from the wrist wearables and travel distance, sociability, touchscreen tapping speed, and screen time from the smartphones. We analyzed t

SUBMITTER: Yang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11822399 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature