Plain-English translation of NCT06860165 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗ · Source last updated · Translation generated · How we translate trials
Researchers are testing a digital tool called EmoDTx—a smartphone app that analyzes your facial expressions to measure your mood—to see if it works as well as traditional depression questionnaires. The app is designed to passively monitor how you're feeling over time. The study will compare the app's mood readings with standard depression assessment forms that doctors use.
Current depression assessments rely on questionnaires that require you to actively fill them out, which can be burdensome. Researchers want to know if a tool that quietly monitors your mood through your phone's camera could be easier to use and give doctors more real-time insight into how you're doing.
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You would install the EmoDTx app on your phone or computer and use it at home whenever you wish for 8 weeks. You'll attend three in-person clinic visits (at the start, week 4, and week 8) to complete standard depression questionnaires and meet with your doctor. You'll also answer additional questionnaires at home at weeks 2 and 6. For the first 4 weeks, the app will only collect data silently; after that, it will start giving you feedback about your mood.
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