Table 5.
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.