학술논문

An m-Health app that goes beyond screen time applications
Document Type
Conference
Source
2022 IEEE 10th Region 10 Humanitarian Technology Conference (R10-HTC) Humanitarian Technology Conference (R10-HTC), 2022 IEEE 10th Region 10. :94-99 Sep, 2022
Subject
Aerospace
Bioengineering
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Computing and Processing
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Engineering Profession
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
General Topics for Engineers
Geoscience
Nuclear Engineering
Photonics and Electrooptics
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Robotics and Control Systems
Signal Processing and Analysis
Transportation
Measurement
Operating systems
Mental health
Organizations
Mobile applications
Behavioral sciences
Internet
martphones
mobile app
mental healthmart-phones
mental healths
Language
ISSN
2572-7621
Abstract
Screen time analytics on smartphones have become a topic of interest. The digital well-being framework in Android and iOS devices present statistics on phone usage and time spent on apps. However, these tools provide the data on only an hourly basis, so we cannot utilize it in any form for long-term behavioral analysis of smartphone users. Several academic works have studied smartphone user behaviors by developing and installing custom mobile apps that record mobile app usage and built-in sensor data. The studies reveal that prolonged smartphone usage negatively impacts users' physical and mental health. However, these apps are available upon request and may sometimes crash due to operating system versions. Despite hundreds of screen time and sensor data apps on Google PlayStore, they are available separately and not as a single all-in-one app. In this work, we present a unified mobile application that collects phone usage and sensor data with minute-by-minute levels of granularity and infers human physical activity, sleep, and unlock duration. All three metrics are vital to identifying symptoms of mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety. The app has several benefits to various stakeholders, including industry-level app developers and organizations focusing on mental health.