The iMonitor eDiary
Many thanks for having an interest in using iMonitor in your research and/or clinical work. iMonitor is a new user-friendly electronic mood diary running on Palm OS devices (PDAs). It is suitable for brief clinical monitoring of bipolar disorder (manic depressive illness) and other related conditions (recurrent affective disorders, major depression, brief depression, ADHD, Borderline PD).
iMonitor has been used and validated (data pending analysis and publication) in the Maudsley Bipolar eMonitoring Project (2006 - present).
It can monitor the following variables primarily using Visual Analog Scales (VAS 0-100), either on a daily or momentary basis:
1. High/Low Mood
2. Function
3. Sleep (onset, offset, quality)
4. Activation
5. Self-esteem (positive/negative)
6. Switches
7. Medication adherence
8. Life event impact (positive/negative)
9. Journal (open ended)
10. and up to 10 individual early signs of relapse / symptoms / behaviours.
It is very simple and easy to use and it only takes roughly 2 minutes to complete.
We are still evaluating the best model for distributing iMonitor but we are interested in hearing from other researchers or clinicians who may wish to use it in their work.
Patients are also welcome to register their interest, but at this stage it may take a while before we begin direct distribution. This is only because we care to make it exceptionally user-friendly and scientifically accurate before we give it out without input and training from a researcher or a doctor.
Please fill in the following form that will help us to better discuss how we can best make it available to you.
Conference Presentations
16-19/07/2008, Edinburgh Scotland: iMonitor v1: A user-friendly electronic diary for Bipolar patients. 38th Annual Conference of the British Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (BABCP)
