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Classification and prediction of post-trauma outcomes related to PTSD using circadian rhythm changes measured via wrist-worn research watch in a large longitudinal cohort
IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics (2021)
  • Ayse S. Cakmak
  • Erick A. Perez Alday
  • Giulia Da Poian
  • Ali Bahrami Rad
  • Thomas J. Metzler
  • Thomas C. Neylan
  • Stacey L. House, Washington University in St. Louis
  • Francesca L. Beaudoin
  • Xinming An
  • Jennifer S. Stevens, Emory University
  • Donglin Zeng
  • Sarah D. Linnstaedt
  • Tanja Jovanovic
  • Laura T. Germine
  • Kenneth A. Bollen
  • Scott L. Rauch
  • Christopher A. Lewandowski
  • Phyllis L. Hendry
  • Sophia Sheikh
  • Alan B. Storrow
  • Paul I. Musey Jr.
  • John P. Haran
  • Christopher W. Jones
  • Brittany E. Punches
  • Robert A. Swor, Oakland University
  • Nina T. Gentile
  • Meghan E. McGrath
  • Mark J. Seamon, Cooper University Hospital
  • Kamran Mohiuddin
  • Anna Marie Chang
  • Claire Pearson
  • Robert M. Domeier
  • Steven Bruce, University of Missouri-St. Louis
  • Brian J. O’Neil
  • Niels K. Rathlev
  • Leon D. Sanchez
  • Robert H. Pietrzak, Yale University
  • Jutta Joormann
  • Deanna M. Barch
  • Diego A. Pizzagalli
  • Steven E. Harte
  • James Elliot
  • Ronald C. Kessler, Harvard University
  • Karestan C. Koenen
  • Kerry J. Ressler
  • Samuel A. McLean, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Qiao Li
  • Gari D. Clifford
Abstract
—Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric condition resulting from threatening or horrifying events. We hypothesized that circadian rhythm changes, measured by a wrist-worn research watch are predictive of post-trauma outcomes. Approach: 1618 posttrauma patients were enrolled after admission to emergency departments (ED). Three standardized questionnaires were administered at week eight to measure posttrauma outcomes related to PTSD, sleep disturbance, and pain interference with daily life. Pulse activity and movement data were captured from a research watch for eight weeks. Standard and novel movement and cardiovascular metrics that reflect circadian rhythms were derived using this data. These features were used to train different classifiers to predict the three outcomes derived from week-eight surveys. Clinical surveys administered at ED were also used as features in the baseline models. Results: The highest cross-validated performance of research watch-based features was achieved for classifying participants with pain interference by a logistic regression model, with an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) of 0.70. The ED survey-based model achieved an AUC of 0.77, and the fusion of research watch and ED survey metrics improved the AUC to 0.79. Significance: This work represents the first attempt to predict and classify post-trauma symptoms from passive wearable data using machine learning approaches that leverage the circadian desynchrony in a potential PTSD population.
Publication Date
August, 2021
Citation Information
Ayse S. Cakmak, Erick A. Perez Alday, Giulia Da Poian, Ali Bahrami Rad, et al.. "Classification and prediction of post-trauma outcomes related to PTSD using circadian rhythm changes measured via wrist-worn research watch in a large longitudinal cohort" IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics Vol. 25 Iss. 8 (2021)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/steven-bruce/87/