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Characterizing Patterns of Depression, Community Mobility, and Social Engagement in Sub-acute Spinal Cord Injury

Award Number: 90SFGE0024
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY, INDEPENDENT LIVING, AND REHABILITATION RESEARCH
OPDIV: ACL
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: OTHER
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2020
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2023

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Characterizing Patterns of Depression, Community Mobility, and Social Engagement in Sub-acute Spinal Cord Injury - During subacute SCI individuals reengage in or redefine their community participation roles, but their efforts can be thwarted by new or worsened psychosocial distress. The aims of this research study are to 1) investigate the patterns of depression, community mobility, and social engagement via digital methods, and determine the time dependent interactions between these patterns over four months of community living among adults with subacute SCI; and to 2) examine the impact of minimally-obtrusive smartphone-based feedback on psychosocial wellbeing in adults with subacute SCI. This project will collect fine-grained, in-situ measurements of depression, community mobility, and social engagement through twice-weekly surveys on personal smartphones and daily objective behavioral data from smartphone sensors, i.e. mobility via GPS and engagement via phone use logs. This study will also analyze the social network as a potential moderator of the relationships between depression severity and community participation indicators. The first two months of study involve measurement through the smartphone research platform, and in the latter two months study participants will be given informative feedback about their psychosocial wellbeing and can electronically share results with clinicians or personal supports. This novel application of digital phenotyping in subacute SCI will enhance knowledge of time-dependent patterns in depression and community participation, and will inform personalized digital health tools that intervene before psychosocial distress develops or worsens.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2025	2020	REDACTED DUE TO PII			NY	11952		USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	03	1	10/23/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2022	2020	REDACTED DUE TO PII		Mattituck	NY	11952	SUFFOLK	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	02	1	8/17/2022	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2021	2020	REDACTED DUE TO PII		Mattituck	NY	11952	SUFFOLK	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	01	1	9/2/2021	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $70,000 )
2020	2020	REDACTED DUE TO PII		Beverly	MA	01915	ESSEX	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	1	8/4/2020	NEW	$70,000
														Subtotal = $70,000

Grand Total All Awards = $70,000

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Characterizing Patterns of Depression, Community Mobility, and Social Engagement in Sub-acute Spinal Cord Injury

Award Number: 90SFGE0024

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY, INDEPENDENT LIVING, AND REHABILITATION RESEARCH

OPDIV: ACL

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: OTHER

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2020

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2023

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