TY - JOUR
T1 - Mobile behavioral sensing for outpatients and inpatients with schizophrenia
AU - Ben-Zeev, Dror
AU - Wang, Rui
AU - Abdullah, Saeed
AU - Brian, Rachel
AU - Scherer, Emily A.
AU - Mistler, Lisa A.
AU - Hauser, Marta
AU - Kane, John M.
AU - Campbell, Andrew
AU - Choudhury, Tanzeem
N1 - Funding Information:
The research reported in this article was supported by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH103148 and P30MH090590) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (P30DA029926).
PY - 2016/5/1
Y1 - 2016/5/1
N2 - Objective: This study examined the feasibility, acceptability, and utility of behavioral sensing among individuals with schizophrenia. Methods: Nine outpatients and 11 inpatients carried smartphones for two- or one-week periods, respectively. Deviceembedded sensors (accelerometers, microphone, global positioning system, WiFi, and Bluetooth) collected behavioral data and ascertained the patients' location, activity, and exposure to human speech as they went about their day. Participants rated this approach by completing usability and acceptability measures. Results: Sensing successfully captured individuals' activity, time spent proximal to human speech, and time spent in various locations. Participants felt comfortable using the sensing system (95%), andmostwere interested in receiving feedback (65%) and suggestions (65%). Approximately 20% reported that sensing made them upset. One-third of inpatients were concerned about their privacy, but no outpatients expressed this concern. Conclusions: Mobile behavioral sensing was a feasible, acceptable, and informative approach for data collection among outpatients and inpatients with schizophrenia.
AB - Objective: This study examined the feasibility, acceptability, and utility of behavioral sensing among individuals with schizophrenia. Methods: Nine outpatients and 11 inpatients carried smartphones for two- or one-week periods, respectively. Deviceembedded sensors (accelerometers, microphone, global positioning system, WiFi, and Bluetooth) collected behavioral data and ascertained the patients' location, activity, and exposure to human speech as they went about their day. Participants rated this approach by completing usability and acceptability measures. Results: Sensing successfully captured individuals' activity, time spent proximal to human speech, and time spent in various locations. Participants felt comfortable using the sensing system (95%), andmostwere interested in receiving feedback (65%) and suggestions (65%). Approximately 20% reported that sensing made them upset. One-third of inpatients were concerned about their privacy, but no outpatients expressed this concern. Conclusions: Mobile behavioral sensing was a feasible, acceptable, and informative approach for data collection among outpatients and inpatients with schizophrenia.
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U2 - 10.1176/appi.ps.201500130
DO - 10.1176/appi.ps.201500130
M3 - Article
C2 - 26695497
AN - SCOPUS:84989839417
SN - 1075-2730
VL - 67
SP - 558
EP - 561
JO - Psychiatric Services
JF - Psychiatric Services
IS - 5
ER -
