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Accepted for/Published in: Journal of Medical Internet Research

Date Submitted: May 13, 2022
Date Accepted: Jul 25, 2022

The final, peer-reviewed published version of this preprint can be found here:

A Call to Expand the Scope of Digital Phenotyping

De Boer CJ, Ghomrawi H, Zeineddin S, Linton S, Kwon S, Abdullah F

A Call to Expand the Scope of Digital Phenotyping

J Med Internet Res 2023;25:e39546

DOI: 10.2196/39546

PMID: 36917148

PMCID: 10132029

A Call to Expand the Scope of Digital Phenotyping

  • Christopher J De Boer; 
  • Hassan Ghomrawi; 
  • Suhail Zeineddin; 
  • Samuel Linton; 
  • Soyang Kwon; 
  • Fizan Abdullah

ABSTRACT

Digital phenotyping refers to near real-time data collection from personal digital devices, particularly smartphones, to better quantify the human phenotype. Currently, the field of digital phenotyping over-emphasizes passive data collection via smartphones only, which limits its applications mainly to adults or adolescents who use smartphones. However, with other evolving technologies, such as wearable devices, that have similar or better capability to provide passive physiologic data of clinical relevance, digital phenotyping applications have the potential to expand and include certain patient populations who may uniquely benefit from digital phenotyping. In this perspective, we argue for expanding digital phenotyping beyond smartphones and provide examples of currently excluded technologies and populations for whom digital phenotyping will provide significant value.


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Please cite as:

De Boer CJ, Ghomrawi H, Zeineddin S, Linton S, Kwon S, Abdullah F

A Call to Expand the Scope of Digital Phenotyping

J Med Internet Res 2023;25:e39546

DOI: 10.2196/39546

PMID: 36917148

PMCID: 10132029

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