Research Article
Depression Diagnostic and Screening Tools Using Android OS Platform
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-37893-5_43, author={Muhammad Bahri and Hasmila Omar and Norliza Zaini and Haryanti Norhazman and Lucyantie Mazalan and Mohd Latip and Mohd Taib and Saharin Ghazali}, title={Depression Diagnostic and Screening Tools Using Android OS Platform}, proceedings={International Workshop on "Advances in Personalized Healthcare Services, Wearable Mobile Monitoring, and Social Media Pervasive Technologies"}, proceedings_a={APHS}, year={2013}, month={4}, keywords={Mental depression level Android application Mobile depression questionnaire Depression Rating Scale DASS MINI}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-37893-5_43} }- Muhammad Bahri
Hasmila Omar
Norliza Zaini
Haryanti Norhazman
Lucyantie Mazalan
Mohd Latip
Mohd Taib
Saharin Ghazali
Year: 2013
Depression Diagnostic and Screening Tools Using Android OS Platform
APHS
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-37893-5_43
Abstract
Depression affects all walks of life and is a common form of mental health illness. Some of the common methods to diagnose depression are usually through a session with certified psychiatrist or with the aid of depression rating scales. This paper seeks to provide both clinicians and patients with an Android based mobile application that may store and calculate results based on depression rating scales i.e. DASS and MINI. A novel approach of combining both questionnaire statistics is proposed in one solution. As such, a tablet friendly application that uses a scoring algorithm and a series of psychiatric questionnaires as an indicator to a person’s mental state or depression level is developed by means of an android platform.