Smartphone data as objective measures of bipolar disorder symptoms

Maria Faurholt-Jepsen; Mads Frost; Maj Vinberg; Ellen Margrethe Christensen; Jakob E Bardram; Lars Vedel Kessing

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2014.03.009

Smartphone data as objective measures of bipolar disorder symptoms

Psychiatry Res. 2014 Jun 30;217(1-2):124-7. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.03.009. Epub 2014 Mar 13.

Authors

Maria Faurholt-Jepsen¹, Mads Frost², Maj Vinberg³, Ellen Margrethe Christensen³, Jakob E Bardram², Lars Vedel Kessing³

Affiliations

¹ The Clinic for Affective Disorder, Psychiatric Centre Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. Electronic address: maria@faurholt-jepsen.dk.
² The Pervasive Interaction Laboratory (PIT Lab.), IT University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
³ The Clinic for Affective Disorder, Psychiatric Centre Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.

PMID: 24679993
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.03.009

Abstract

The daily electronic self-monitoring Smartphone software "MONARCA" was used by 17 patients with bipolar disorder for 3 consecutive months. Patients were rated fortnightly using Hamilton Depression rating Scale 17 items (HDRS-17) and Young Mania rating Scale (YMRS) (102 ratings) with blinding for Smartphone data. Objective Smartphone measures such as physical and social activity correlated with clinically rated depressive symptoms. Self-monitored depressive symptoms correlated significantly with HDRS-17 items score.

Keywords: Affective symptoms; Bipolar affective disorder; Smartphone.

MeSH terms

Adult
Bipolar Disorder / complications
Bipolar Disorder / diagnosis*
Bipolar Disorder / psychology*
Cell Phone*
Computers, Handheld*
Depression / complications
Depression / diagnosis*
Depression / psychology
Female
Humans
Male
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Software