TY - JOUR
T1 - A Data-Driven Clustering Method for Discovering Profiles in the Dynamics of Major Depressive Disorder Using a Smartphone-Based Ecological Momentary Assessment of Mood
AU - van Genugten, Claire R.
AU - Schuurmans, Josien
AU - Hoogendoorn, Adriaan W.
AU - Araya, Ricardo
AU - Andersson, Gerhard
AU - Baños, Rosa M.
AU - Berger, Thomas
AU - Botella, Cristina
AU - Cerga Pashoja, Arlinda
AU - Cieslak, Roman
AU - Ebert, David D.
AU - García-Palacios, Azucena
AU - Hazo, Jean Baptiste
AU - Herrero, Rocío
AU - Holtzmann, Jérôme
AU - Kemmeren, Lise
AU - Kleiboer, Annet
AU - Krieger, Tobias
AU - Rogala, Anna
AU - Titzler, Ingrid
AU - Topooco, Naira
AU - Smit, Johannes H.
AU - Riper, Heleen
N1 - Funding Information: The European COMPARative Effectiveness research on blended depression treatment versus treatment-as-usual (E-COMPARED) project, was funded by the European Commission FP7-Health-2013-Innovation-1 program, Grant Agreement Number: 603098-2. Publisher Copyright: Copyright © 2022 van Genugten, Schuurmans, Hoogendoorn, Araya, Andersson, Baños, Berger, Botella, Cerga Pashoja, Cieslak, Ebert, García-Palacios, Hazo, Herrero, Holtzmann, Kemmeren, Kleiboer, Krieger, Rogala, Titzler, Topooco, Smit and Riper.
PY - 2022/3/17
Y1 - 2022/3/17
N2 - Background: Although major depressive disorder (MDD) is characterized by a pervasive negative mood, research indicates that the mood of depressed patients is rarely entirely stagnant. It is often dynamic, distinguished by highs and lows, and it is highly responsive to external and internal regulatory processes. Mood dynamics can be defined as a combination of mood variability (the magnitude of the mood changes) and emotional inertia (the speed of mood shifts). The purpose of this study is to explore various distinctive profiles in real-time monitored mood dynamics among MDD patients in routine mental healthcare. Methods: Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) data were collected as part of the cross-European E-COMPARED trial, in which approximately half of the patients were randomly assigned to receive the blended Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (bCBT). In this study a subsample of the bCBT group was included (n = 287). As part of bCBT, patients were prompted to rate their current mood (on a 1–10 scale) using a smartphone-based EMA application. During the first week of treatment, the patients were prompted to rate their mood on three separate occasions during the day. Latent profile analyses were subsequently applied to identify distinct profiles based on average mood, mood variability, and emotional inertia across the monitoring period. Results: Overall, four profiles were identified, which we labeled as: (1) “very negative and least variable mood” (n = 14) (2) “negative and moderate variable mood” (n = 204), (3) “positive and moderate variable mood” (n = 41), and (4) “negative and highest variable mood” (n = 28). The degree of emotional inertia was virtually identical across the profiles. Conclusions: The real-time monitoring conducted in the present study provides some preliminary indications of different patterns of both average mood and mood variability among MDD patients in treatment in mental health settings. Such varying patterns were not found for emotional inertia.
AB - Background: Although major depressive disorder (MDD) is characterized by a pervasive negative mood, research indicates that the mood of depressed patients is rarely entirely stagnant. It is often dynamic, distinguished by highs and lows, and it is highly responsive to external and internal regulatory processes. Mood dynamics can be defined as a combination of mood variability (the magnitude of the mood changes) and emotional inertia (the speed of mood shifts). The purpose of this study is to explore various distinctive profiles in real-time monitored mood dynamics among MDD patients in routine mental healthcare. Methods: Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) data were collected as part of the cross-European E-COMPARED trial, in which approximately half of the patients were randomly assigned to receive the blended Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (bCBT). In this study a subsample of the bCBT group was included (n = 287). As part of bCBT, patients were prompted to rate their current mood (on a 1–10 scale) using a smartphone-based EMA application. During the first week of treatment, the patients were prompted to rate their mood on three separate occasions during the day. Latent profile analyses were subsequently applied to identify distinct profiles based on average mood, mood variability, and emotional inertia across the monitoring period. Results: Overall, four profiles were identified, which we labeled as: (1) “very negative and least variable mood” (n = 14) (2) “negative and moderate variable mood” (n = 204), (3) “positive and moderate variable mood” (n = 41), and (4) “negative and highest variable mood” (n = 28). The degree of emotional inertia was virtually identical across the profiles. Conclusions: The real-time monitoring conducted in the present study provides some preliminary indications of different patterns of both average mood and mood variability among MDD patients in treatment in mental health settings. Such varying patterns were not found for emotional inertia.
KW - cluster analysis
KW - depression
KW - ecological momentary assessment
KW - heterogeneity
KW - mood dynamics
KW - mood instability
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.755809
DO - https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.755809
M3 - Article
C2 - 35370856
SN - 1664-0640
VL - 13
SP - 1
EP - 12
JO - Frontiers in psychiatry
JF - Frontiers in psychiatry
IS - March
M1 - 755809
ER -