Passive Sensing for Mental Health Monitoring: A Scoping Review of Machine Learning with Wearables and Smartphones (Preprint)
Опубликована: Май 7, 2025
BACKGROUND
Mental
health
issues
have
become
a
significant
global
public
challenge.
Traditional
assessments
rely
on
subjective
methods
with
limited
ecological
validity.
Passive
sensing
via
wearable
devices
and
smartphones,
combined
machine
learning
(ML),
enables
objective,
continuous,
noninvasive
mental
monitoring.
OBJECTIVE
This
study
aims
to
provide
comprehensive
review
of
the
current
state
passive
sensing-based
(ML)
technologies
for
We
summarize
technical
approaches,
reveal
association
patterns
between
behavioral
features
disorders,
explore
potential
directions
future
advancements.
METHODS
Following
PRISMA-ScR
guidelines,
we
searched
seven
major
databases
(Web
Science,
PubMed,
IEEE
Xplore,
etc.)
studies
published
2015
2025.
A
total
42
were
included.
Information
was
extracted
from
dimensions
such
as
data
collection,
preprocessing,
feature
engineering,
ML
methods,
validation,
integrating
(e.g.,
sleep,
activity,
social
interaction)
disorders
depression,
anxiety).
RESULTS
The
found
that
most
commonly
used
digital
biomarkers
heart
rate
(n=28),
movement
index
(n=25),
step
count
(n=17),
which
significantly
associated
depression
anxiety.
Deep
models
CNN,
LSTM)
performed
exceptionally
well
in
processing
time-series
data.
However,
traditional
random
forest,
XGBoost),
due
their
higher
interpretability,
remain
widely
adopted.
Current
face
challenges
small
sample
sizes
(median
=
60.5
participants),
short
collection
periods
(45.24%
had
less
than
7
days),
device
variety
(76.19%).
Additionally,
only
one
conducted
external
limiting
clinical
generalizability
models.
On
ethical
front,
few
(14.29%)
explicitly
mentioned
anonymization,
highlighting
need
enhanced
privacy
protection
algorithm
fairness.
CONCLUSIONS
combination
offers
innovative
solutions
key
challenges,
including
quality,
model
generalization,
standards,
be
addressed
before
translation.
Future
research
should
focus
large-scale
longitudinal
multimodal
integration,
optimization,
interdisciplinary
collaboration
drive
widespread
adoption
application
these
technologies.
Язык: Английский