The relation between passively collected data and PTSD: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Abstract Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common mental disorder. This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the association between mobile sensing features and PTSD symptoms. Studies were sourced from the Database for Mobile Sensing Studies in Mental Healthcare (DAMOS), with inclus...
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| author | Ningzhe Zhu Anjali Sarawgi Markus Bühner Harald Baumeister Patricia Garatva Thomas Ehring Yannik Terhorst |
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| description | Abstract Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common mental disorder. This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the association between mobile sensing features and PTSD symptoms. Studies were sourced from the Database for Mobile Sensing Studies in Mental Healthcare (DAMOS), with inclusion criteria requiring correlations between mobile sensing data and PTSD symptoms assessed by validated tools. Seventeen studies encompassing 1847 participants (mean age = 38.68, 63.18% female) remained after study selection. Of 18 features across sleep, mobility, activity, and social activity, only wake after sleep onset (r = 0.14, 95% CI = [0.03, 0.25]) and relative amplitude of physical activity (r = −0.10, 95% CI = [−0.17, −0.03]) were significantly associated with PTSD symptoms. Findings were consistent across PTSD measurements, populations, demographics, and sensing durations. Although mobile sensing offers unobtrusive, objective, and ecologically valid insights into PTSD, confirmatory studies and research to optimize sensor assessment are needed before clinical practice. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9639d7e8e5cd486584f5205b5119f2912025-08-20T03:42:00ZengNature Portfolionpj Digital Medicine2398-63522025-07-018111110.1038/s41746-025-01825-6The relation between passively collected data and PTSD: a systematic review and meta-analysisNingzhe Zhu0Anjali Sarawgi1Markus Bühner2Harald Baumeister3Patricia Garatva4Thomas Ehring5Yannik Terhorst6Department of Psychology, LMUDepartment of Psychology, LMUDepartment of Psychology, LMUDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Ulm UniversityDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Ulm UniversityDepartment of Psychology, LMUDepartment of Psychology, LMUAbstract Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common mental disorder. This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the association between mobile sensing features and PTSD symptoms. Studies were sourced from the Database for Mobile Sensing Studies in Mental Healthcare (DAMOS), with inclusion criteria requiring correlations between mobile sensing data and PTSD symptoms assessed by validated tools. Seventeen studies encompassing 1847 participants (mean age = 38.68, 63.18% female) remained after study selection. Of 18 features across sleep, mobility, activity, and social activity, only wake after sleep onset (r = 0.14, 95% CI = [0.03, 0.25]) and relative amplitude of physical activity (r = −0.10, 95% CI = [−0.17, −0.03]) were significantly associated with PTSD symptoms. Findings were consistent across PTSD measurements, populations, demographics, and sensing durations. Although mobile sensing offers unobtrusive, objective, and ecologically valid insights into PTSD, confirmatory studies and research to optimize sensor assessment are needed before clinical practice.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-025-01825-6 |
| spellingShingle | Ningzhe Zhu Anjali Sarawgi Markus Bühner Harald Baumeister Patricia Garatva Thomas Ehring Yannik Terhorst The relation between passively collected data and PTSD: a systematic review and meta-analysis npj Digital Medicine |
| title | The relation between passively collected data and PTSD: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
| title_full | The relation between passively collected data and PTSD: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
| title_fullStr | The relation between passively collected data and PTSD: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | The relation between passively collected data and PTSD: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
| title_short | The relation between passively collected data and PTSD: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
| title_sort | relation between passively collected data and ptsd a systematic review and meta analysis |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-025-01825-6 |
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