Wearables can assess mental health, boost access to care
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Photo caption: A new study has found that data passively collected by wearable devices such as the Apple Watch can be used to evaluate psychological well-being. Photo credit: Depositphotos. Article by Paul McClure. New Atlas – May 03, 2023. The study was published in the journal JAMIA Open. Source: Mount Sinai.
We all know that wearable devices can collect health-related data: the number of steps taken, floors climbed, calories burned, sleep time, and heart rate, to name but a few. But what about evaluating a person’s mental health? A new study has found that wearables can do that, too. Motion sensors in wearables worn or embedded in clothing take a snapshot of a person’s day-to-day activities and sync them to mobile devices or computers. […]