Activity monitoring in patients with depression: A systematic review
Journal of Affective DisordersPublished 4 August 2012Open access
Christopher Burton, Brian McKinstry, Aurora Szentágotai Tâtar, Antoni Serrano‐Blanco, Claudia Pagliari, Maria Wolters
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Actigraphy is a potentially valuable source of additional information about patients with depression, however, there are no clear guidelines for use and additional work to develop algorithms for differentiating behaviour patterns is needed.
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Actigraphy is a potentially valuable source of additional information about patients with depression. However, there are no clear guidelines for use of actigraphy in studies of patients with depression. Further studies should investigate patients treated in the community. Additional work to develop algorithms for differentiating behaviour patterns is also needed.
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