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Published on in Vol 28 (2026)

This is a member publication of King's College London (Jisc)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/93164, first published .
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Characterizing Physical Activity Trajectories Preceding Incident Major Depressive Disorder Diagnosis With Consumer Wearable Devices in the All of Us Research Program: Retrospective Nested Case-Control Study

Characterizing Physical Activity Trajectories Preceding Incident Major Depressive Disorder Diagnosis With Consumer Wearable Devices in the All of Us Research Program: Retrospective Nested Case-Control Study

Yuezhou Zhang   1 , PhD ;   Amos A Folarin   1, 2, 3, 4, 5 , PhD ;   Hugh Logan Ellis   1 , MBBCHIR, PhD ;   Rongrong Zhong   1, 6 , MD ;   Callum Stewart   1 , PhD ;   Heet Sankesara   1 , BSc ;   Hyunju Kim   1 , PhD ;   Shaoxiong Sun   1, 7 , PhD ;   Abhishek Pratap   1, 8, 9 , PhD ;   Richard JB Dobson   1, 2, 3, 4, 5 , PhD

1 Department of Biostatistics & Health Informatics, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

2 Institute of Health Informatics, University College London, London, United Kingdom

3 NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at South London and Maudsley, NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

4 NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at University College London Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

5 Health Data Research UK, University College London, London, United Kingdom

6 Clinical Research Center & Division of Mood Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

7 Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

8 Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ridgefield, CT, United States

9 Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Richard JB Dobson, PhD
  • Department of Biostatistics & Health Informatics
  • Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London
  • SGDP Centre, IoPPN, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill London
  • London
  • United Kingdom
  • Phone: 44 2078480473
  • Email: richard.j.dobson@kcl.ac.uk