Cited by 20Mental Health Research TopicsDigital Mental Health InterventionsTreatment of Major Depression

Predicting recurrence of depression using lifelog data: an explanatory feasibility study with a panel VAR approach

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Kumagai, Narimasa, Tajika, Aran, Hasegawa, Akio, Kawanishi, Nao, Horikoshi, Masaru, Shimodera, Shinji, Kurata, Ken’ichi, Chino, Bun +1 more·2019·BMC Psychiatry

Abstract

Background: Although depression has a high rate of recurrence, no prior studies have established a method that could identify the warning signs of its recurrence. Methods: We collected digital data consisting of individual activity records such as location or mobility information (lifelog data) from 89 patients who were on maintenance therapy for depression for a year, using a smartphone application and a wearable device. We assessed depression and its recurrence using both the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6) and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9. Results: A panel vector autoregressive analysis indicated that long sleep time was a important risk factor for the recurrence of depression. Long sleep predicted the recurrence of depression after 3 weeks. Conclusions: The panel vector autoregressive approach can identify the warning signs of depression recurrence; however, the convenient sampling of the present cohort may limit the scope towards drawing a generalised conclusion.

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Authors
Kumagai, N., Tajika, A., Hasegawa, A., Kawanishi, N., Horikoshi, M., Shimodera, S., Kurata, K., Chino, B., & Furukawa, T. A.
Affiliations
  • Seinan Gakuin University (JP)
  • Kyoto University Hospital (JP)
  • Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (JP)
  • National Center Hospital of Neurology and Psychiatry (JP)
  • Kyoto University (JP)
Corresponding author
Tajika, Aran
Venue
BMC Psychiatry
Published
2019-12
Volume
19
Issue
1
Pages
391-391
ISSN
1471-244X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2996333298
Cited by
20
References
33
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 7
FWCI
2.36
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • BMC Psychiatry (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Institutional Repositories DataBase (IRDB) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • Kyoto University Research Information Repository (Kyoto University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (178A05)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Treatment of Major Depression
Keywords
depression recurrence, long sleep, warning signs, wearable devices, panel vector autoregression, digital phenotyping
MeSH terms
Patient Health Questionnaire, Wearable Electronic Devices, Adult, Depression, Feasibility Studies, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Recurrence, Regression Analysis, Risk Factors, Software, Early Diagnosis

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