Bipolar Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Cyclothymia
Conditions
Keywords
Mental health telemetry, Mood telemetry, Mood, Bipolar disorder, Affective instability, Cyclothymia, Electronic diaries, Mood diaries, Mood swings
Brief summary
We will modify our existing VMQ/VADIS mood telemetry software to run on a Motorola platform, and enhance it to collect information on both mood symptoms (currently covered by the VMQ/VADIS) as well as daily life stressors (currently outside the VMQ/VADIS' scope). By doing so, we will be able us to examine the role of daily stressors in the lives of teens with and without mood swings, to identify how changes in mood triggered by stressful events are similar to or different from mood changes linked to the bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, or other forms of affective instability.
Interventions
Use a cell phone equipped with MHT software to complete a self-report mood symptom questionnaire daily at a fixed time of day, as well as additional discretionary questionnaires following any significantly stressful events.
Sponsors
Motorola Canada Limited
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
14 Years to 20 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Age 14-20yrs, * Either (i) self-reported healthy with no past / present history of substance use problems OR (ii) self-reported severe mood swings interfering with daily life. * Fluent in English.
Exclusion criteria
* Inability to be trained successfully on the MHT software or to complete questionnaires without assistance. * Unwillingness to sign / maintain a contract with a cell phone service provider. * Lack of parental assent / willingness to act as guarantor for cell phone provider contract
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| usability | After nine months' enrollment | Assessment of participant drop-out and reporting rates |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Validity | Every three months x 9 months | Validate that the data reported by telemetry is valid, by comparing cell phone questionnaire responses with results of standardized clinical ratings collected every-three-month via face-to-face meetings |
| Qualitative feedback | After nine months' enrollment | Collect human factors engineering feedback from our participants for subsequent development work, by questioning participants at the exit interview about their experience with the cell phone and software |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed