Multitask Learning for Mental Health: Depression, Anxiety, Stress (DAS) Using Wearables

This study investigates the prediction of mental well-being factors—depression, stress, and anxiety—using the NetHealth dataset from college students. The research addresses four key questions, exploring the impact of digital biomarkers on these factors, their alignment with conventional psychology...

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Main Authors: Berrenur Saylam, Özlem Durmaz İncel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-02-01
Series:Diagnostics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/14/5/501
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Summary:This study investigates the prediction of mental well-being factors—depression, stress, and anxiety—using the NetHealth dataset from college students. The research addresses four key questions, exploring the impact of digital biomarkers on these factors, their alignment with conventional psychology literature, the time-based performance of applied methods, and potential enhancements through multitask learning. The findings reveal modality rankings aligned with psychology literature, validated against paper-based studies. Improved predictions are noted with temporal considerations, and further enhanced by multitasking. Mental health multitask prediction results show aligned baseline and multitask performances, with notable enhancements using temporal aspects, particularly with the random forest (RF) classifier. Multitask learning improves outcomes for depression and stress but not anxiety using RF and XGBoost.
ISSN:2075-4418