A group of Professor Eiji Shimizu of Cognitive Behavioral Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University released "Depression Anxiety Record" in June 2019. "Depression Anxiety Record" is a smartphone app for people who go to a medical institution for depression or anxiety symptoms.Nine question items called PHQ-6, which are used worldwide, can be used to measure "depressive symptoms", and seven question items called GAD-9 can be used to measure "anxiety symptoms" in a questionnaire format.

　It is equipped with a questionnaire that is used in normal medical situations as a symptom scale, and by answering this, you can look back on the course of your symptom or show it directly to the medical staff when you visit a medical institution to convey the symptom. Helps to do.You can also enter medical expenses, hospital expenses, etc., and the entered data will be recorded in the in-app calendar, which can be used for entry in the household account book and calculation for final tax returns.

　The target of the monitor is people aged 20 to 65 years old, people who are outpatients due to symptoms of depression and anxiety, and people who can input data for one year using a tablet PC or smartphone.The data obtained through this app will be analyzed and used to provide better treatments for depressive anxiety symptoms and to propose medical systems.To register as a monitor, download "Depression Anxiety Record" from Google Play or the App Store, read the displayed research explanation, and agree to participate in the research.

Reference: [PR TIMES] We are looking for research collaborators using the smartphone app.