APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Location Variability from Commodity Phone Sensors Is Negatively Associated with Self-Reported Depression Score: A Pilot Study
- Ghandeharioun Asma
MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Szymon Fedor
University of Cambridge - Szymon Fedor
MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Lisa Sangermano
Massachusetts General Hospital - Jonathan Alpert
Harvard Medical School - Jonathan Alpert
Massachusetts General Hospital - Dale Chelsea
Massachusetts General Hospital - Dawn Ionescu
Massachusetts General Hospital - Rosalind Picard
MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
During an 8-week protocol involving phone usage tracking, patients with major depressive disorder (n=10) and healthy volunteers (n=3) were assessed biweekly for depression symptoms using the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS). Higher variation in location was found to relate significantly to lower depression symptoms, as reported by HDRS score.
Quantitative
