ArticleScientific reports2019
Association between social asymmetry and depression in older adults: A phone Call Detail Records analysis.
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- Depressive symptom screening in elderly by passive sensing data of smartphones or smartwatches: A systematic review.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- The Digital Exposome: A Life Course Framework for Health in the Digital Age.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Detection of Depressive Symptoms in College Students Using Multimodal Passive Sensing Data and Light Gradient Boosting Machine: Longitudinal Pilot Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Mobile sensing-based depression severity assessment in participants with heterogeneous mental health conditions.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Integrative Analysis of Rhythmicity: From Biology to Urban Environments and Sustainability.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Gaining Insights Into the Estimation of the Circadian Rhythms of Social Activity in Older Adults From Their Telephone Call Activity With Statistical Learning: Observational Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Observational
- Novel statistical approach for assessing the persistence of the circadian rhythms of social activity from telephone call detail records in older adults.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Exploitation of Outgoing and Incoming Telephone Calls in the Context of Circadian Rhythms of Social Activity Among Elderly People: Observational Descriptive Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Article
- Circadian Rhythms in the Telephone Calls of Older Adults: Observational Descriptive Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Observational
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Analyzing social interactions on a passive and non-invasive way through the use of phone call detail records (CDRs) is now recognized as a promising approach in health monitoring. However, deeper investigations are required to confirm its relevance in social interaction modeling. Particularly, no clear consensus exists in the use of the direction parameter characterizing the directed nature of interactions in CDRs. In the present work, we specifically investigate, in a 26-older-adults population over 12 months, whether and how this parameter could be used in CDRs analysis. We then evaluate its added-value for depression assessment regarding the Geriatric Depression Scale score assessed within our population during the study. The results show the existence of three clusters of phone call activity named (1) proactive, (2) interactive, and (3) reactive. Then, we introduce the notion of asymmetry that synthesizes these activities. We find significant correlations between asymmetry and the depressive state assessed in the older individual. Particularly, (1) reactive users are more depressed than the others, and (2) not depressed older adults tend to be proactive. Taken together, the present findings suggest the phone's potential to be used as a social sensor containing relevant health-related insights when the direction parameter is considered.
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