Survey study, 2016
Can a computer program help diagnose PMDD reliably?
Researchers developed C-PASS, a computer system to help diagnose PMDD from daily symptom tracking. The abstract was incomplete and did not include results of how well it works.
What they did
Researchers tested a new computer program called C-PASS with data from 200 women. The program analyzed two months of daily symptom ratings to automatically diagnose PMDD or related conditions.
What they found
The abstract describes the C-PASS system and its purpose but does not include the actual results comparing C-PASS diagnoses to expert diagnoses, as the results section was cut off.
What it means for you
C-PASS could help doctors diagnose PMDD more objectively from daily tracking rather than relying on patients to remember symptoms. However, effectiveness was not reported in this abstract.
200
Women studied
2 months
Symptom tracking period
About the study
- Original title
- Standardized Scoring System Developed for Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
- Authors
- Nick Zagorski
- Journal
- Psychiatric News
- Year
- 2016
- Study design
- Survey study
- Participants
- 200
- What was tested
- C-PASS computer system
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.1176/appi.pn.2016.9b12
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