SynthesisJMIR mHealth and uHealth2019
Methodological Strategies for Ecological Momentary Assessment to Evaluate Mood and Stress in Adult Patients Using Mobile Phones: Systematic Review.
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Telemedicine-Delivered Unified Protocol for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety and Depression in Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes
Who cites it
51 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 84 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Health-Related Digital Ecological Momentary Assessment in Children (Aged 5- 11 Years): Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- The integration of geographic methods and ecological momentary assessment in public health research: A systematic review of methods and applications.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2024Pooled it
- Methodological Characteristics and Feasibility of Ecological Momentary Assessment Studies in Psychosis: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2024Pooled it
- Understanding health behaviours in context: A systematic review and meta-analysis of ecological momentary assessment studies of five key health behaviours.Health psychology review · 2022Pooled it
- The Experience Sampling Method in Monitoring Social Interactions Among Children and Adolescents in School: A Systematic Literature Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Mobile Health-Based Exercise Interventions for Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Pooled it
- The association between self-reported stress and cardiovascular measures in daily life: A systematic review.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
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- Variability of the Behavioral Assessment Screening Tool for Mobile Health Using Ecological Momentary Assessment in Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2026Article
- Integrating digital solutions improves mental health management in cancer care.Communications medicine · 2026Review
- Randomized Personalized Trial for Stress Management Compared to Standard of Care.Journal of personalized medicine · 2026Article
- Computational network models for forecasting and control of mental health trajectories in digital applications.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
- A 6-Month Evaluation of the Peer-Ceived Momentary Assessment Method in a Small Sample of Liver Transplant Patients and Their Support Persons: Longitudinal Observational Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Observational
- Examining the between- and within-person associations among perceived sleep quality and mental health symptoms in emergency medical service clinicians.Journal of traumatic stress · 2025Article
- The Use of Ecological Momentary Assessments to Measure Perceived Stress in People With Aphasia: A Feasibility Study.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2025Article
- Feature Selection for Physical Activity Prediction Using Ecological Momentary Assessments to Personalize Intervention Timing: Longitudinal Observational Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Observational
- Machine-learning detection of stress severity expressed on a continuous scale using acoustic, verbal, visual, and physiological data: lessons learned.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Predictors of physical activity in daily life among women of reproductive age: a scoping review.mHealth · 2025Review
- Innovative and ecological: integrating ecological momentary assessment into environmental science research.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Mobile apps, AI, and teletherapy: a comprehensive review of digital mental health tools for nurses.Frontiers in public health · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundEcological momentary assessment (EMA) has utility for measuring psychological properties in daily life. EMA has also allowed researchers to collect data on diverse experiences and symptoms from various subjects.
objectiveThe aim of this study was to review methodological strategies and useful related information for EMA using mobile phones to capture changes of mood and stress in adult patients seeking health care.
methodsWe searched PubMed, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Embase, the Cochrane Library, PsycINFO, and Web of Science. This review included studies published in peer-reviewed journals in English between January 2008 and November 2017 that used basic- or advanced-feature mobile phones to measure momentary mood or stress in adult patients seeking health care in outpatient departments. We excluded studies of smoking and substance addictions and studies of mental disorder patients who had been diagnosed by physicians.
resultsWe reviewed 12 selected articles that used EMA via mobile phones to measure momentary mood and stress and other related variables from various patients with chronic fatigue syndrome, breast cancer, migraine, HIV, tinnitus, temporomandibular disorder, end-stage kidney disease, and traumatic brain injury. Most of the selected studies (11/12, 92%) used signal contingency and in 8 of the 12 studies (67%) alarms were sent at random or semirandom intervals to prompt the momentary measurement. Out of 12 studies, 7 (58%) used specific apps directly installed on mobile phones, 3 (25%) used mobile phones to link to Web-based survey programs, and 2 (17%) used an interactive voice-response system.
conclusionsThis study provides researchers with useful information regarding methodological details for utilizing EMA to measure mood and stress in adult patients. This review shows that EMA methods could be effective and reasonable for measuring momentary mood and stress, given that basic- and advanced-feature mobile phones are ubiquitous, familiar, and easy to approach. Therefore, researchers could adopt and utilize EMA methods using mobile phones to measure psychological health outcomes, such as mood and stress, in adult patients.
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