TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Use of a smartphone application to screen for depression and suicide in South Korea
JO  - General hospital psychiatry
A1  - Jang, Seung-Ho
A1  - Woo, Young Sup
A1  - Hong, Jeong-Wan
A1  - Yoon, Bo-Hyun
A1  - Hwang, Tae-Yeon
A1  - Kim, Moon-Doo
A1  - Lee, Sang-Yeol
A1  - Bahk, Won-Myong
SP  - 62
EP  - 67
VL  - 46
IS  - 
N2  - OBJECTIVE: This is a cross-sectional study using a free depression and suicide screening smartphone application, which contains the data from the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D) and a Suicide Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R). <br><br>METHOD: The free application was downloaded worldwide from Apple's App Store and Android Market, and the participants who downloaded the application were actively measured. <br><br>RESULTS: The subjects totaled 208,683 men and women. 72.6% of the subjects were females, and 81.4% of the subjects were aged between 10 and 29years. In total, 25.7% of the participants were recorded CES-D positive, and there were differences among the groups based on sex (χ2=1065.82, p<0.001), age (χ2=1420.75, p<0.001), and psychiatric history (χ2=1502.21, p<0.001). The highest score of CES-D, 40.69±15.79 and that of SBQ-R, 13.68±4.97 was reported by the participants with a history of schizophrenia. The characteristics associated with suicide were as follows: depression (OR 8.92, 95% CI: 8.71-9.13), female (OR 1.39, 95% CI: 1.36-1.43), 30-49 age group (OR 2.51, 95% CI: 2.29-2.72), 50 or older age group (OR 1.48, 95% CI: 1.35-1.61), and psychiatric history (OR 1.98, 95% CI: 1.89-2.06). <br><br>CONCLUSION: The smartphone application may be a useful tool for screening depression and suicide.<br><br>Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0163-8343
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2017.03.006
ID  - ref1
ER  -