Observational studyJournal of affective disorders2016
Daily mood monitoring of symptoms using smartphones in bipolar disorder: A pilot study assessing the feasibility of ecological momentary assessment.
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- Ecological momentary interventions for bipolar disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026Pooled it
- User Engagement in Mental Health Apps: A Review of Measurement, Reporting, and Validity.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2019Pooled it
- Systematic Review of Symptom Assessment Measures for Use in Measurement-Based Care of Bipolar Disorders.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2019Pooled it
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- Mood Monitoring Over One Year for People With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Using a Mobile Health System: Retrospective Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Trial
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- Enhancing Predictive Accuracy of Mood Symptoms Using Wearable Devices and Machine Learning in Bipolar Disorder.JMIR medical informatics · 2026Article
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- A self-management intervention for bipolar disorder using a WeChat mini program (Mood Calm): study protocol for intervention design, development, and a preliminary trial.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Digital tools for assessing bipolar disorder: A scoping review of the current landscape.Neuroscience applied · 2026Article
- Feasibility and accuracy of the ASERT digital questionnaire in mood tracking for a longitudinal research study on bipolar disorder.Journal of mood and anxiety disorders · 2025Article
- Passive sensing of anhedonia and amotivation in a transdiagnostic sample.Journal of psychopathology and clinical science · 2025Article
- Affective dynamics and emotional reactivity in social anxiety disorder.Psychological medicine · 2025Article
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- Links between self-monitoring data collected through smartphones and smartwatches and the individual disease trajectories of adult patients with depressive disorders: Study protocol of a one-year observational trial.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2025Article
- The relationships between impulsivity and mood in bipolar disorder: An ecological momentary assessment study.PloS one · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundPersonal device technology has facilitated gathering data in real-time using Ecological momentary assessment (EMA). We hypothesized that using smartphones to measure symptoms in auto-generated surveys twice a day would be feasible in a group with bipolar disorder (BD). A second exploratory objective of this study was to compare potential differences in core symptoms between BD and healthy control (HC) groups.
methodsA two-arm, parallel group, observational study was designed to measure completion rates of surveys of symptoms of mood, energy, speed of thought, impulsivity, and social stress in BD (N=10) and HC (N=10) participants. The surveys were auto-generated twice a day for fourteen days, and subjects could also perform self-generated surveys. Completion rates were compared between BD and HC groups. Scores were averaged for each participant over the 14 day period, and group medians were compared.
resultsMedian completion rates did not differ between groups: 95% in BD, 88% in HC (p=0.68); the median completion rate of auto-generated surveys in the BD group was 79% and in the HC group was 71% (p=0.22). The BD group had significantly lower median mood score (p=0.043) and energy score (p=0.007) than the HC group. Median scores of speed of thoughts (p=0.739), impulsivity (p=0.123) and social stress (p=0.056) did not significantly differ between BD and HC. The BD group had significantly higher range of variability of group median mood (p=0.043), speed of thoughts (p=0.002) and impulsivity (p=0.005) scores over the course of 14 days than HC, while range of variability of energy (p=0.218) and social stress (p=0.123) scores did not differ. Results were not significantly different between auto-generated and self-generated surveys for BD or HC. LIMITATIONS: This pilot study was conducted for a short time and with a small sample.
conclusionsThis study demonstrates feasibility of using EMA with a smartphone to gather data on BD symptoms.
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