Feasibility and Acceptability of a Smartphone and Wearable Assessment Protocol for Adolescents with Depression
Jenny Guo, Jennifer Frederick, Lindsey Cunningham, Nicholas C Jacobson, Aaron J Fisher, Jeremy W Pettit, Dana L McMakin, Mei Yi Ng · 2026
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Jenny Guo and colleagues report a 2026 study of phone and wearable tracking in teens with depression. Phones and wrist devices can track mood and acts with low burden. Yet long term use past one week in teens with depression was little known. The team ran a one month plan with mood surveys, a wrist act tracker and passive phone sensors.
Sixty nine teens aged twelve to eighteen took part, with mean age near fifteen and a half. Most, at ninety one percent, finished all parts of the plan. The same share would join again, and ninety three percent would tell peers to join. Daily survey response rose from about fifty seven to sixty six percent across the month. Exit talks rated the plan as welcome. Month long tracking looks workable for teen mood research.
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| CREATOR | Jenny Guo, Jennifer Frederick, Lindsey Cunningham, Nicholas C Jacobson, Aaron J Fisher, Jeremy W Pettit, Dana L McMakin, Mei Yi Ng |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 59780 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |