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Abstract - Machine Learning for Depression Screening and Intervention: an Original Circadian Rhythm Score-based Methodology
Depression screening from large-scale behavioral data is challenged by fragmented circadian indicators, limited interpretability, and the lack of intervention-oriented analysis. Existing approaches typically analyze sleep, activity, and social behaviors in isolation, failing to capture their joint circadian structure. To address this limitation, we first propose the Circadian Rhythm Score (CRS), a composite index that compresses multi-domain daily behaviors into a unified representation of circadian rhythm. CRS is constructed to maximize discriminative power for depression screening while preserving behavioral semantics through non-negativity constraints. Empirical results demonstrate near-lossless compression, where a single CRS retains almost the full predictive capability compared with multiple raw behavioral indicators. Building upon CRS, we develop an interpretable depression screening framework based on gradient-boosted trees and SHAP analysis, revealing nonlinear and saturation-like associations between circadian rhythm and depression risk. Beyond risk prediction, we further integrate interaction modeling and counterfactual regression to estimate heterogeneous and dose-dependent behavioral effects, enabling intervention-oriented reasoning under different circadian contexts. Experiments on the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS, n=15,233), demonstrate robust screening performance (ROC-AUC=0.825) and identify actionable behavioral thresholds, including a minimum effective exercise dose of approximately 300 MET-min/week and an optimal restorative nap duration of approximately 65 minutes for sleep-deprived individuals. By bridging supervised representation learning and interpretable modeling, this work provides a scalable framework for depression screening and intervention-aware healthcare data mining.
基于昼夜节律评分的机器学习抑郁症筛查与干预方法 /
Machine Learning for Depression Screening and Intervention: an Original Circadian Rhythm Score-based Methodology
1️⃣ 一句话总结
本文提出了一种名为昼夜节律评分(CRS)的综合指标,通过将睡眠、活动和社交等多维度行为数据压缩为一个统一分数,再结合机器学习模型进行抑郁症筛查与干预分析,从而在大型健康调查数据上实现高精度预测,并发现具体的行为干预阈值(如每周至少300MET分钟的运动量和约65分钟的最佳补觉时长)。