Digital Monitoring of Micro- and Macro-Movement Regularity in Psychiatric Inpatients With Depression.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Depression involves mood-related behavioral changes typically monitored through subjective reports, which are limited by recall bias and low temporal resolution. Digital mental health tools offer objective, continuous monitoring, but prior studies have focused on outpatients subject to environmental variability. In this preliminary feasibility study, we examined psychiatric inpatients in a controlled setting to assess associations between behavioral regularity and depression severity, highlighting the clinical potential of digital phenotyping.

Methods

Thirty-five adults from a closed psychiatric ward were recruited, and data from 10 inpatients with ≥7 days of valid monitoring were analyzed. Depression severity was assessed weekly using the Hamilton Depression Ratin

SUBMITTER: Shin J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12835641 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature