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. 2019 Nov 13;6(11):e12942. doi: 10.2196/12942

Table 6.

Personal views on the use of own social media data for analyzing for depression. Survey answers to the question, "It may be possible using computer programming software, to work out from Facebook content whether a user is depressed or experiencing low mood to provide information about services that may be available. If this technique is shown to work well:".

Question Participants who answered “Yes,” n (%) Total number of respondents per question, n
In general, I support the idea of the use of this software. 96 (60.0) 160
I would give consent for my Facebook content to be analysed for depression. 69 (43.9) 157
I would be comfortable with my Facebook content being analysed for depression without my explicit consent. 24 (15.3) 157