Experiences of remote mood and activity monitoring in bipolar disorder: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mobile technology enables high frequency mood monitoring and automated passive collection of data (e.g. actigraphy) from patients more efficiently and less intrusively than has previously been possible. Such techniques are increasingly being deployed in research and clinical settings however little is known about how such approaches are experienced by patients. Here, we explored the experiences of individuals with bipolar disorder engaging in a study involving mood and activity monitoring with a range of portable and wearable technologies.

Method

Patients were recruited from a wider sample of 50 individuals with Bipolar Disorder taking part in the Automated Monitoring of Symptom Severity (AMoSS) study in Oxford. A sub-set of 21 patients participated in a qualitati

SUBMITTER: Saunders KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5947817 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature