Zhu Ningzhe, Sarawgi Anjali, Bühner Markus, Baumeister Harald, Garatva Patricia, Ehring Thomas, Terhorst Yannik
Department of Psychology, LMU, Munich, Germany.
German Center for Mental Health (DZPG), Partner-Site Munich-Augsburg, Munich, Germany.
NPJ Digit Med. 2025 Jul 5;8(1):413. doi: 10.1038/s41746-025-01825-6.
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.
创伤后应激障碍(PTSD)是一种常见的精神障碍。本系统评价和荟萃分析研究了移动传感特征与PTSD症状之间的关联。研究来源于精神卫生保健移动传感研究数据库(DAMOS),纳入标准要求移动传感数据与经验证工具评估的PTSD症状之间存在相关性。经过研究筛选,最终保留了17项研究,共1847名参与者(平均年龄 = 38.68岁,63.18%为女性)。在睡眠、移动性、活动和社交活动的18项特征中,只有睡眠开始后醒来(r = 0.14,95%置信区间 = [0.03, 0.25])和身体活动相对幅度(r = -0.10,95%置信区间 = [-0.17, -0.03])与PTSD症状显著相关。这些发现在所使用的PTSD测量方法、研究人群、人口统计学特征和传感持续时间方面都是一致的。尽管移动传感能够为PTSD提供不引人注意、客观且符合生态学效度的见解,但在临床应用之前,仍需要进行验证性研究以及优化传感器评估的研究。