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AI-Enabled Smartwatch for Medication Adherence in Outpatient Psychiatry
Sponsor: Wonkwang University Hospital
Summary
Medication nonadherence remains difficult to measure objectively in psychiatric care. This completed, single-center exploratory randomized trial evaluated whether four weeks of AI-enabled smartwatch medication monitoring improved clinician-rated medication adherence compared with waitlist usual care in psychiatric outpatients aged 12 years or older, predominantly adolescents and young adults with mood disorders.
Official title: Short-Term Effects of an AI-Enabled Smartwatch on Medication Adherence in Adolescents and Young Adults With Mood Disorders: An Exploratory Randomized Controlled Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
12 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
85
Start Date
2022-12-31
Completion Date
2025-08-31
Last Updated
2026-08-24
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
AI-enabled smartwatch
The smartwatch was designed to detect medication-taking behavior using a built-in camera and electronic tags attached to medication containers. The camera remained inactive under ordinary conditions and captured a brief sequence only when container motion, ambient light, and close proximity between the watch and tag were detected concurrently. The captured sequence was processed by an artificial intelligence algorithm to classify whether a medication-taking event had occurred. Participants assigned to the intervention were instructed to wear the device for four weeks. The device provided monitoring only and delivered no reminders, alerts, counseling, or treatment recommendations.
Locations (1)
Wonkwang University Hospital
Iksan, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea