We will modify our existing VMQ/VADIS mood telemetry software to run on a Motorola platform, and enhance it to collect information on both mood symptoms (currently covered by the VMQ/VADIS) as well as daily life stressors (currently outside the VMQ/VADIS' scope). By doing so, we will be able us to examine the role of daily stressors in the lives of teens with and without mood swings, to identify how changes in mood triggered by stressful events are similar to or different from mood changes linked to the bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, or other forms of affective instability.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
33
Use a cell phone equipped with MHT software to complete a self-report mood symptom questionnaire daily at a fixed time of day, as well as additional discretionary questionnaires following any significantly stressful events.
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
usability
Assessment of participant drop-out and reporting rates
Time frame: After nine months' enrollment
Validity
Validate that the data reported by telemetry is valid, by comparing cell phone questionnaire responses with results of standardized clinical ratings collected every-three-month via face-to-face meetings
Time frame: Every three months x 9 months
Qualitative feedback
Collect human factors engineering feedback from our participants for subsequent development work, by questioning participants at the exit interview about their experience with the cell phone and software
Time frame: After nine months' enrollment
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