Multimodal Identification of Depressive Symptoms in the Elderly
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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: data collection.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Depression. Basic parameters: 60 years — 100 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
- China
- 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
Multimodal Identification of Depressive Symptoms
Overview
Screening with depression scales alone is subjective, and relying on single-modal data often leads to incomplete identification of symptoms that are easily missed or misdiagnosed. In this study, we first aim to use artificial intelligence to construct a depression symptom recognition model, concatenate multimodal features such as facial expression, audio, text, and postural behavior, and deeply fuse them to construct a multimodal model.
Interventions
- Other data collection
Collect the facial expressions, audio, text and postural behavior data of the respondents using electronic devices.
Primary outcome measures
- Use the PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 ) to assess whether the respondents have depressive symptoms. The scale score is one point for each item. [Time frame: 2025.09.01-2026.09.01]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Elderly individuals aged 60 years or older.
- Residents of the community (with residence time of more than 6 months).
- Possessing certain reading, writing and comprehension skills, being able to communicate with researchers without obstacles, and being able to independently complete the measurement of various indicators or, although unable to independently fill out the questionnaire, being able to independently make evaluations of the questionnaire items.
- Those who have given informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
- Those who meet the diagnostic criteria for cognitive impairment (dementia) as stipulated in DSM-5, and/or who suffer from severe physical diseases (such as advanced cancer, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, etc.).
- Those who are undergoing antidepressant treatment.
- Elderly individuals who have had suicidal thoughts in any psychological assessment, should be referred to the psychological hotline platform in Wuhan.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Observational model
- Ecologic or community
Study locations
China · 1 center
- Wuhan Mental Health Center — Wuhan
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07112118 · KY2025.0115.01 · 72404094