Unlocking the Potential of Wear Time of a Wearable Device to Enhance Postpartum Depression Screening and Detection: Cross-Sectional Study
We hypothesize that increased Fitbit wear time among females with PPD may be attributed to hypervigilance, given the common co-occurrence of anxiety symptoms. Future studies should assess the link between PPD, hypervigilance, and wear time patterns. We envision that wear time patterns of a wearable device combined with digital biomarkers such as sleep and physical activity could enhance early PPD detection using machine learning by alerting clinicians to potential concerns and facilitating timely screenings, which may have implications for other mental health disorders.
Authors
- Samantha Meltzer‐Brody (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8509-408X)
- Rena C. Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9893-5856)
- Noémie Elhadad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9721-5240)
- Melissa Haendel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9114-8737)
- Zachary Butzin-Dozier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6419-0008)
- Eric Hurwitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6581-7754)
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Formative Research
- Published
- 2025-05-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/67585
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.88