Using passive sensors to improve mental health support for mothers with depression

All mothers in the study showed a reduction in depression symptoms as measured with the Beck Depression Inventory.

• The study involved twenty-four adolescents and young mothers in rural Nepal, with 30% aged 15-17 years and 70% aged 18-25 years.
• Trends indicated increased movement away from the house and more time spent away from infants as depression symptoms improved.
• Considerable variability was observed in changes across passively collected data, including speech and physical activity.
• Passive sensing was shown to be feasible in low-resource settings for personalizing psychological interventions.
• Implementation of this approach requires careful attention to confidentiality, data protection, and the meaningful interpretation of data.

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