The Association Between Home Stay and Symptom Severity in Major Depressive Disorder: Preliminary Findings From a Multicenter Observational Study Using Geolocation Data From Smartphones.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most smartphones and wearables are currently equipped with location sensing (using GPS and mobile network information), which enables continuous location tracking of their users. Several studies have reported that various mobility metrics, as well as home stay, that is, the amount of time an individual spends at home in a day, are associated with symptom severity in people with major depressive disorder (MDD). Owing to the use of small and homogeneous cohorts of participants, it is uncertain whether the findings reported in those studies generalize to a broader population of individuals with MDD symptoms.

Objective

The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between the overall severity of depressive symptoms, as assessed by the 8-item Patient Healt

SUBMITTER: Laiou P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8838593 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature