Geolocation Positional System (GPS) Experience
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Modifying Exploration.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Emotions, Anhedonia, Depression. Basic parameters: 18 years — 50 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Individual Differences in Emotional and Behavioral Patterns and Their Relationship to Cognition
Overview
The purpose of this study is to use smartphone technology to capture individual location emotional and cognitive data, to examine how real-world behaviors thoughts, emotions, and brain activity are related to one another.
Detailed description
The observational portion of this study was initially approved in 2015, this is a subset of the initially approved study and it is a clinical trial of 100 participants.
Interventions
- Behavioral Modifying Exploration
Participants in this group will use a mobile phone sensor data application that uses an accelerometer, Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) and/or GPS designed for smartphone devices. This technology allows the phones to capture information automatically and passively on the participant's activity. The application will be collecting participants' data 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Participants will be asked to make alterations to their exploration levels approximately 20 days of their participation in the
Primary outcome measures
- Change in positive emotional response as measured by ecological momentary assessment [Time frame: Baseline, up to 6 months]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Change in negative emotional response as measured by ecological momentary assessment [Time frame: Baseline, up to 6 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Must agree to give informed consent
- Must be willing to have an functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (FMRI) scan
- Must be able to receive and respond to daily text messages assessing current emotion
- Must be willing to download and run a GPS tracking application (FollowMee) onto their smartphone for a four-month period
Exclusion criteria
- history of head trauma, seizures, or neurological disorders
- severe/unstable medical conditions
- conditions that interfere with MRI
- pregnancy
- lifetime psychotic/bipolar disorder
- chronic/severe substance or alcohol abuse/dependence
- antipsychotic medication
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- N/A
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Basic science
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- University of Miami — Coral Gables
Identifiers
NCT: NCT05991713 · 20150678 · R01MH133693