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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Inform. 2017 Dec 14;77:120–132. doi: 10.1016/j.jbi.2017.12.008

Table 5.

Summary of studies in other domains, ordered by condition then year of publication.

Condition Author (Year) Study Purpose Principal Findings Sensors Used Sample Size & Type Study Length (Days)
Addiction Lee et al. (2014) [48] Korea Correlate application use with smartphone addiction Significant positive correlation between smartphone daily use time and the Korean smartphone addiction scale. • Application usage
• GPS
14
General sample
> 7
Addiction Naughton et al. (2016) [52] UK Evaluate a just-in-time intervention using location data to send timely messages to smokers Feasible but some non-compliance in reporting smoking. • GPS 13
Smokers
34*
Chronic heart failure Aranki et al. (2016) [31] USA Sense physical activity among people with chronic heart failure for transmission to doctors Feasible despite technological and usability challenges. • Accelerometer
• Call logs
• GPS
• Proximity sensor
15
People with chronic heart failure
< 90
Geriatrics Vathsangam et al. (2014) [60] USA Evaluate the detection of physical activity from accelerometer data in order to encourage older adults to exercise Participants appreciated the utility of the application but would like more feedback • Accelerometer 8
Older adults
21
Geriatrics Sanchez et al. (2015) [58] Mexico Predict loneliness in older adults to send them positive messages Correct classification of family loneliness and spousal loneliness for > 80% of participants, with the average time spent out of home and total of times out of home found to be the most important attributes • Call logs
• GPS
• SMS patterns
12
Older adults
7
Stress Stutz et al. (2015) [59] Austria Correlate smartphone data with stress Significant correlations between perceived stress scores (daily and weekly averages) and the sensed features, with noisiness (positive correlation), number of time device is powered on (positive), and changes in light (positive) among the most significant features • Accelerometer
• Application usage
• Call logs
• Device activity
• Light sensor
• Microphone
• SMS patterns
15
University students
14
Stress Garcia-Ceja et al. (2016) [43] Italy Detect and predict stress from accelerometer data • Prediction of stress with 95% accuracy using the best similar-user model (decision tree)
• Prediction of stress with 95% accuracy using the best similar-user models (decision tree and Naïve Bayes).
• Prediction of stress with 87% accuracy using the best general model (decision tree).
• Accelerometer 30
Company employees
40

GPS: Global Positioning System; SMS: Short Message Service;

*

average enrollment length among participants, Older adults: people 60 years old or older.