The objective of this study is to analyze the physiological patterns of two groups of patients, one control and one with anxiety disorder and alcoholic abuse disorder using sensor data from mobile devices and wearables. This data will be compared to the data presented by three clinical questionnaires: State-trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), and the Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI-II) in order to determine the feasibility of remote collected data.
The objective of this study is to analyze the physiological patterns of two groups of patients, one control and one with anxiety disorder and alcoholic abuse disorder using sensor data from mobile devices and wearables. This data, collected by sensors, will be compared to the data presented by three clinical questionnaires: State-trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), and the Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI-II) in order to determine the feasibility of using remote collected data in routine clinical practice. Furthermore, patient satisfaction with the app will be evaluated after the data collection phase. This is a unicentric, case-controlled, longitudinal, evaluational, national study with two groups, one control of healthy individuals without symptoms of anxiety or depression, and another experimental group in which participants fulfill the given selection criteria for the trial. There are a total of 60 participants split evenly between the two groups.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
44
Participants will be monitored by an App.
Hospitcal Clínic de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Change in Self-reported Anxiety symptoms assessed with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)
Taken through the application "Ushine". Participants receive STAI scores ranging from 0-60, 0 being lowest amount of symptoms, and 60 being the greatest amount of symptoms, which are then transformed into percentiles according to age and sex.
Time frame: One month, questionnaire taken 4 times (1/week)
Sleep pattern
Monitoring of circadian rhythm using a motion sensor Fitbit and cardiac activity sensor
Time frame: One month
REM sleep time
monitoring of REM sleep patterns using a motion sensor Fitbit and cardiac activity sensor
Time frame: One month
Heart Rate
monitoring of heart rate using Fitbit sensor
Time frame: One month
Step count
Monitoring of daily step count using motion sensor FitBit
Time frame: One month
Distance travelled
Monitoring of distance travelled using GPS phone
Time frame: One month
Mobile device usage
Monitoring how often the patient's mobile device is used, determined by tracking the presence of a signal from their device
Time frame: One month
Sociability (number of incoming an outgoing calls and text messages)
The number of incoming and outgoing calls and text messages will be monitored using the UShine app algorithm
Time frame: One month
Change in Self-reported Depression symptoms assessed with the Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI-II)
Taken through the application "Ushine". Participants receive BDI-II scores ranging from 1-63, with a score of 0-13 indicating minimal depression, 14-19 indicating mild depression, 20-28 indicating moderate depression, and 29-63 indicating severe depression.
Time frame: One month, questionnaire taken 4 times (1/week)
Change in Self-reported Alcohol Abuse Symptoms assesed with the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)
Taken through the application "Ushine". Participants receive AUDIT scores ranging from 0-40. A score of 8 or more is associated with harmful or hazardous drinking, a score of 13 or more in women, and 15 or more in men, is likely to indicate alcohol dependence.
Time frame: One month, questionnaire taken 4 times (1/week)
Usability of the mobile application
Ease of usability of the mobile applications by participants will be scaled using the System Usability Scale (SUS). Final scores range from 0-100. A score of 51 or under means the system has serious faults in usability, a score of 68 means the system usability is about average, and a score of 80.3 or higher means the system usability is considered appreciable.
Time frame: One month
Satisfaction with the application
Participants' satisfaction with the Ushine application will be scaled using the Post-Study Usability Questionnaire (PSSUQ). Scores range from 0-100, 0 being least satisfactory and 100 being the most satisfactory. The PSSUQ has 3 sub-scores representing system usefulness, information quality, and interface quality, also scaled from 0-100. In all score sets, 0 is considered the least satisfactory and 100 is considered the most satisfactory.
Time frame: One month
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