NCT06770075

Brightline: Advancing Mental Health on Campus

Brightline - a Digital Phenotyping Study Toward Advancing Mental Health on Campus

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 500 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Nanyang Technological University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 25 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This observational study will employ a multi-modal observation methodology, integrating data from wearable devices and smartphones to establish comprehensive digital biomarkers for identifying symptoms of mental health conditions in university students. The study aims to identify the digital behavioural markers associated with mental health conditions, develop predictive algorithms for mental health states from digital markers, and identify university students at risk for mental health conditions.

Detailed description

In this study, participants will be monitored over a six-month period to determine the association between digital behavioural markers and mental health symptoms among university students. Participants will be passively monitored to collect digital phenotyping data (e.g., physical activity, sleep activity, heart rate, physiological patterns, sociability indices, finger taps, ambient light, phone states, etc.), using a wearable device and sensors from the smartphone. Participants will also complete self-report questionnaires at Months 0, 1, 3, and 6, to track changes in mental health symptoms and behavioural data. The collected data will be analysed to examine the longitudinal changes in depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues among university students and explore the feasibility of data collection procedures.

Conditions

• Depression
• Anxiety
• Stress
• Positive Affect
• Negative Affect
• Loneliness

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Observational	Participants will not receive any study intervention. During the six month study period, participants will complete four active assessments at Months 0, 1, 3 and 6, and data from the study-provided wearable (Fitbit Charge 6) and sensors from the participant's smartphone (through the Brightline app) will be collected passively throughout.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-01-01
• Primary completion: 2025-12-01
• Completion: 2026-03-01
• First posted: 2025-01-13
• Last updated: 2025-01-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Singapore