Multimodal Identification of Depressive Symptoms in the Elderly

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Depression

• Registration Number: NCT07112118
• Lead Sponsor: Wuhan Mental Health Centre

Brief Summary

Screening with depression scales alone is subjective, and relying on single-modal data often leads to incomplete identification of symptoms that are easily missed or misdiagnosed. In this study, we first aim to use artificial intelligence to construct a depression symptom recognition model, concatenate multimodal features such as facial expression, audio, text, and postural behavior, and deeply fuse them to construct a multimodal model.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2025-07
• Study First Submitted: 2025-07-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-08-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-08-05
• Study First Posted: 2025-08-08
• Last Update Posted: 2025-08-08
• Study Start: 2025-09-01
• Primary Completion: 2026-09-01
• Study Completion: 2027-12-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 2000

Inclusion Criteria

① Elderly individuals aged 60 years or older; ② Residents of the community (with residence time of more than 6 months); ③ Possessing certain reading, writing and comprehension skills, being able to communicate with researchers without obstacles, and being able to independently complete the measurement of various indicators or, although unable to independently fill out the questionnaire, being able to independently make evaluations of the questionnaire items; ④ Those who have given informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

① Those who meet the diagnostic criteria for cognitive impairment (dementia) as stipulated in DSM-5, and/or who suffer from severe physical diseases (such as advanced cancer, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, etc.); ② Those who are undergoing antidepressant treatment; ③ Elderly individuals who have had suicidal thoughts in any psychological assessment, should be referred to the psychological hotline platform in Wuhan.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Use the PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 ) to assess whether the respondents have depressive symptoms. The scale score is one point for each item.	2025.09.01-2026.09.01	If the PHQ-9 score is 5 or higher, it is determined as a positive sign of depressive symptoms.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Wuhan Mental Health Center; 🇨🇳 Wuhan, Hubei, China