Behavioral and Self-reported Data Collected From Smartphones for the Assessment of Depressive and Manic Symptoms in Patients With Bipolar Disorder: Prospective Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Smartphones allow for real-time monitoring of patients' behavioral activities in a naturalistic setting. These data are suggested as markers for the mental state of patients with bipolar disorder (BD).

Objective

We assessed the relations between data collected from smartphones and the clinically rated depressive and manic symptoms together with the corresponding affective states in patients with BD.

Methods

BDmon, a dedicated mobile app, was developed and installed on patients' smartphones to automatically collect the statistics about their phone calls and text messages as well as their self-assessments of sleep and mood. The final sample for the numerical analyses consisted of 51 eligible patients who participated in at least two psychiatric assessments an

SUBMITTER: Dominiak M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8811705 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature