Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Mental Health
Date Submitted: Sep 20, 2019
Date Accepted: Feb 9, 2020
Validation of the Novel and Automated Mobile Mood Tracking Technology “Mood 24/7©”
ABSTRACT
Background:
Electronic tracking has been utilized for a variety of health conditions. It is found that there is a higher adherence to electronic method versus paper tracking. Also ensures there are no back filled entries. With this in mind, along with the recognition of an unmet need of a web-based automated platform to track psychiatric outcomes, Johns Hopkins University partnered with Health Central (a subsidiary of Remedy Health Media LLC), who developed Mood 24/7©. A short message service based mood-tracker.
Objective:
Mood 24/7© is an electronic mood monitoring platform developed to accurately and efficiently track mood over time through automated daily SMS texts or e-mails. The present study was designed to assess the accuracy and validity of Mood 24/7© in an outpatient psychiatric setting.
Methods:
A retrospective chart review was performed for depressed outpatients (n=9) to compare patients’ self-reported Mood 24/7© daily mood ratings with their psychiatrist’s independent clinical mood assessments. Additionally, a mixed model analysis was applied to compare weekly Montgomery Asburg Depression Rating scores to Mood 24/7© scores over an average of 3 months.
Results:
A 97% absolute adherence was found over 36 weeks. A significant correlation (P <.001, R=0.86) was observed between the psychiatrist’s blinded assessment of the patients’ mood and Mood 24/7© scores. In addition, a significant concordance [intraclass correlation of 0.69 (CI = 0.33-0.91)] was observed (P <.001) in the mixed model analysis of MADRS vs Mood 24/7© scores.
Conclusions:
Our chart review and mixed model analysis demonstrate that Mood 24/7© is a valid instrument for convenient, simple, noninvasive and accurate longitudinal mood assessment in the outpatient clinical setting.
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