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. 2025 Feb 21;12:e63622. doi: 10.2196/63622

Table 3.

Behavioral factors predicting the severity of depression symptomsa.


Estimates (95% CI) P value
Model 1: communication

Incoming call duration—W –0.08 (–0.12 to –0.04) <.001

Outgoing call duration—W 0.05 (0.00-0.09) .02

Number of incoming SMS text messages 0.31 (–0.11 to 0.77) .14

Number of outgoing SMS text messages –0.13 (–0.59 to 0.31) .56
Model 2: location

Location log variance—W –0.10 (–0.44 to 0.18) .48

Normalized entropy—W 0.55 (–0.03 to 1.11) .08

Distance traveled—W –0.00 (–0.00 to 0.00) .12

SPs –0.11 (–1.33 to 1.19) .87

Percentage of time at home 0.67 (–2.71 to 4.06) .68
Model 3: duration of phone and app use

Social media—W –0.01 (–0.02 to 0.00) .24

Communication—W 0.00 (–0.01 to 0.02) .88

Games—W –0.01 (–0.03 to 0.01) .34

Leisure—W –0.01 (–0.02 to 0.00) .14

Screen use time—W 0.01 (–0.00 to 0.01) .10
Model 4: accelerometer

Magnitude SD morning –2.05 (–4.18 to –0.20) .02

Magnitude SD afternoon 0.30 (–1.49 to 2.15) .82

Magnitude SD evening 0.29 (–1.94 to 2.32) .78

Magnitude SD night –0.94 (–6.77 to 3.65) .66

aWithin-person mean-centered predictors are suffixed with W. The unit for duration variables is minutes.