Inferring sleep disturbance from text messages of suicide attempt survivors: A pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Identifying digital markers of sleep disturbance-a known suicide risk factor-may aid in the detection of imminent suicide risk. This study examined sleep-related communication and texting patterns in personal text messages (N = 86,705) of suicide attempt survivors.

Method

Twenty-six participants provided dates of past suicide attempts and 2-week periods of positive mood, depressed mood, or suicidal ideation. Linguistic Inquiry Word Count was used to identify sleep-related texts via a custom dictionary. Mixed effect models were fitted to test the association between suicide/mood episode type (e.g., attempt versus ideation) and three outcomes: likelihood of a text including sleep-related content, nightly count of texts sent from midnight to 5:00 AM, and sum of unique

SUBMITTER: Ladis I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9908817 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature