Characterizing MyMood Patterns of Use

December 5, 2024 updated by: Dr. David Kreindler, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
MyMood is an electronic mood-charting tool available to the general population of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (SHSC). This project aims to characterize duration and frequency of use of MyMood by users characteristics and determine if there is any significant variability in duration and frequency of use attributable to users' age, sex, self-reported diagnosis of a mood disorder, and/or prior treatment.

Study Overview

Status

Active, not recruiting

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Mental Health Telemetry (MHT) is a software platform developed at Sunnybrook for collecting real-time self-report symptom-rating questionnaire data using patients' cell phones or other portable, Internet-enabled devices. MHT has previously been used in several funded clinical research studies. The mood-disorders-specific version of MHT, which we have named MyMood, collects information on a variety of items including symptom severity, medication adherence, ER visits / hospital admissions, sleep, relationships, and life events. In our previous project, we made MyMood available to the general population of SHSC by integrating it into Sunnybrook's MyChart personal health record system and collected feedback from users, using the feedback to refine MyMood. In the current project, we aim to characterize long-term patterns of MyMood usage, examining how duration and frequency of use are affected by demographic and clinical characteristics of users (age, sex, present / reported diagnosis of a mood disorder, and/or prior treatment).

Please note that the _only_ route for entry into this study is self-referral: interested individuals who have signed themselves up for MyChart can choose to begin using MyMood on their own. There is no reason to contact the study team regarding recruitment.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Estimated)

400

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Ontario
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4N 3M5
        • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sampling Method

Probability Sample

Study Population

Registered user of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre "MyChart" electronic patient portal

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Registered user of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre "MyChart" electronic patient portal

Exclusion Criteria:

• n/a

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Observational Models: Cohort
  • Time Perspectives: Prospective

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Mood Disorder
Based on screening questions administered on-line as part of the enrollment process, participants will be divided into two groups: (i) those who screen positive for a history of mood disorders and (ii) all other participants. All outcome measures apply only to the mood disorder group.
Users will use the MyMood tool. Each MyMood session consists of a brief survey, followed by a few psycho-educational 'tips'(targeted psycho-educational interventions received from time to time based on symptom severity reports as determined by the software algorithm).
Other
see above
Users will use the MyMood tool. Each MyMood session consists of a brief survey, followed by a few psycho-educational 'tips'(targeted psycho-educational interventions received from time to time based on symptom severity reports as determined by the software algorithm).

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
MyMood Use
Time Frame: 3 years
Number of MyMood reports generated per user per month
3 years

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: David M Kreindler, MD, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

January 6, 2020

Primary Completion (Estimated)

January 6, 2025

Study Completion (Estimated)

January 6, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 5, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 5, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

December 11, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimated)

December 10, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 5, 2024

Last Verified

December 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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