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  • Digital Health
  • Mobile Health (mHealth)
  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • Smartphone-based digital phenotyping faces challenges in collecting high-quality passive data due to technical barriers and low user engagement.
  • Existing methods often rely heavily on data imputation or model-based approaches, which may not accurately reflect real-world behavior.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce LINC (Launch, Interact, Notify, Correct), a framework of best practices for enhancing passive data collection in digital phenotyping research.
  • To provide practical resources for implementing LINC without requiring specialized technical expertise.

Main Methods:

  • The LINC framework systematizes operational procedures across four key domains: device/app configuration, participant engagement, real-time data monitoring, and troubleshooting data collection disruptions.
  • A large observational study (n=373) examining social media use and youth mental health over 2-3 weeks was used to demonstrate the framework's feasibility.

Main Results:

  • The study achieved a median GPS-based passive data quality of 0.92 (IQR: 0.59-0.98) using the LINC framework.
  • 75% of participants exceeded a data quality score of 0.59, and 25% exceeded 0.98, indicating high data quality.

Conclusions:

  • The LINC framework is a feasible and effective approach for achieving high-quality passive data in smartphone-based digital phenotyping studies.
  • This systematized approach offers a practical alternative to imputation and model-based methods, improving data reliability in real-world research settings.