Multimodal Identification of Depressive Symptoms in the Elderly

N/ANot Yet RecruitingNCT07112118

Wuhan Mental Health Centre2,000 enrolled

Overview

Screening with depression scales alone is subjective, and relying on single-modal data often leads to incomplete identification of symptoms that are easily missed or misdiagnosed. In this study, we first aim to use artificial intelligence to construct a depression symptom recognition model, concatenate multimodal features such as facial expression, audio, text, and postural behavior, and deeply fuse them to construct a multimodal model.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

2,000

Conditions

Depression

Interventions

data collectionOTHER

Collect the facial expressions, audio, text and postural behavior data of the respondents using electronic devices.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 60 YearsMax age: 100 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Elderly individuals aged 60 years or older. * Residents of the community (with residence time of more than 6 months). * Possessing certain reading, writing and comprehension skills, being able to communicate with researchers without obstacles, and being able to independently complete the measurement of various indicators or, although unable to independently fill out the questionnaire, being able to independently make evaluations of the questionnaire items. * Those who have given informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Those who meet the diagnostic criteria for cognitive impairment (dementia) as stipulated in DSM-5, and/or who suffer from severe physical diseases (such as advanced cancer, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, etc.). * Those who are undergoing antidepressant treatment. * Elderly individuals who have had suicidal thoughts in any psychological assessment, should be referred to the psychological hotline platform in Wuhan.

Locations (1)

Wuhan Mental Health Center

Wuhan, Hubei, China

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Use the PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 ) to assess whether the respondents have depressive symptoms. The scale score is one point for each item.

If the PHQ-9 score is 5 or higher, it is determined as a positive sign of depressive symptoms.

Time frame: 2025.09.01-2026.09.01

Central Contacts

Xiuxiu Zhou, PhD

CONTACT

86+13545075638 xiuxiuzhou@hust.edu.cn

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