Personal Monitoring for Ambulatory Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Assessment
Abstract
A Personal Health Monitor (PHM) for Ambulatory PTSD (and TBI) Assessment has been developed which integrates the collection of subjective health information, daily activities and behaviors, and objective physiological and environmental measurements in a handheld data collection system. Psychometric health scales can be used in concert with self-reported daily stressors and behavioral diaries, such as work stress, dietary intake, substance use, and exercise patterns. Passive monitoring of heart rate variability enables arousal assessment, while passive motion and location sensors enable indirect assessment of mobility, vigor, and social interaction. Clinicians and research investigators are able to customize data collection protocols by selecting a subset of available assessment, diary, survey and sensor modalities to suit their needs using a set of protocol definition files and database structures. Using mobile handheld computer and smart phone technology, the PHM enables psychological health assessments on a more continuous basis than traditional clinical encounters. The PHM enables collection of personal health data with privacy and anonymity, which may improve the quality, frequency, and accuracy of the psychometric assessments.p
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2009
- Accession Number
- ADA519499
Entities
People
- Paul N. Kizakevich
Organizations
- RTI International