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. 2023 Dec 13;25:e46778. doi: 10.2196/46778

Table 6.

Substance use disorder: Retrieved studies and their main outcomes.

Study Country (region) Data Psychiatric disorder Symptoms investigated Assessment technology Sample, n Data collection time Statistics Synthesis of main results
Epstein et al [37], 2020 Baltimore (United States) 2020 Substance use disorder Environmental exposure Passive (smartphone): GPS
Active: questions on level of craving from heroin, cocaine, and stress level
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  • Period of collection: 16 weeks

  • Frequency of collection: passive (every 15 or 20 min) and active (at least 23 times weekly)

Overall accuracy in predicting absence of drug or stress craving=0.93%
Overall accuracy in predicting presence of drug or stress craving=0.7%
The machine learning models used correctly predicted the occurrence of drug or stress craving 90 min in advance with a very good overall accuracy at the end of 16 weeks.