Mood Check-Ins are the mood self-reports you choose to complete in the app to record how you are feeling in the moment. They include your own categorization of your mood anytime you choose to check-in during the week. In addition, they include information that you provide about your emotions, things that were happening in your life when you decided to record your mood, and your sleep the night before (only on the first check-in of the day). The data you can see on the detail screen for Mood Check-Ins include the number of check-ins you’ve completed, your average self-reported mood category, and the total number of days you’ve been using the app. You can view this data over the past week, the past month, or across the whole time you’ve been using the app.
This feature gives you information about the number of times you unlock your phone when they study assumes you are most likely sleeping (between the hours of 12am and 6am). On the detail screen for this feature, you can pick to view this data over the past week, the past month, or the entire time you’ve been in the study. You will be able to view the average number of unlocks across all days, weekdays, or weekends in addition to the days of the week that average the highest number of unlocks and the total number of days you’ve been in the study.
Screen time is actually reflected in three separate features:
1- Screen time during sleep period: Screen time between the hours of 12am and 6am, when they study assumes many people are most likely sleeping,
2- Screen time before bed: Screen time between the hours of 9pm and 12am, when the study assumes many people are winding down from the day, and
3- Total daily screen time: Screen time across the entire day.
For each of these features, on the detail screen you can pick to view the data over the past week, the past month, or the entire time you’ve been in the study. You will be able to view the average minutes of screen time across all days, weekdays, or weekends in addition to the days of the week that average the highest number of minutes and the total number of days you’ve been in the study.
This feature provides information on the time you spend being active (e.g., walking, running, cycling) while your phone is on your body. Your activities when you do not have your phone on your body (e.g., when you go swimming or play in a basketball game), will not be included in the app's calculations of your total active time.
On the detail screen for this feature, you can pick to view this data over the past week, the past month, or the entire time you’ve been in the study. You will be able to view the average number of minutes across all days, weekdays, or weekends in addition to the days of the week that average the highest number of minutes and the total number of days you’ve been in the study.
This feature provides information on the total distance, in meters, you move in a day while your phone is with you. On the detail screen for this feature, you can pick to view this data over the past week, the past month, or the entire time you’ve been in the study. You will be able to view the average distance across all days, weekdays, or weekends in addition to the days of the week with the greatest distance traveled and the total number of days you’ve been in the study.
This feature provides information on the total amount of time, in minutes, you spend away from home in a day while your phone is with you. AWARE identifies home as the place you are located most often between 12am and 6am. On the detail screen for this feature, you can pick to view this data over the past week, the past month, or the entire time you’ve been in the study. You will be able to view the average time away from home across all days, weekdays, or weekends in addition to the days of the week with the most time spent away from home and the total number of days you’ve been in the study.
The purpose of the Data Collection feature on your dashboard is to let you know if all of your sensors are syncing or if 1 or more of your sensors needs to be activated. If all of your sensors are syncing, the icon will be green and you are good to go. If 1 or more sensors are not syncing for a day or more, the icon on your dashboard will turn red. After 2 days, you will begin to receive daily notifications reminding you to check your Aware app and turn on the non-syncing sensors.
The background color on your dashboard and detail screen graphs is representative of the color of your Mood Score category for the same period of time. In the graph below, the user's Mood Score was Moderately Severe (the orange category) for the week of activity data displayed. When you elect to see more than a week's worth of data (Month or All Time), the colors may change to represent that you had different Mood Score categories from week to week as you scroll across the graph.
Each week, you will receive a Mood Score. You will only receive this score one time a week (on Sunday) and that same score will stay on your dashboard until you get your next Mood Score (the following Sunday). The score is not representative of your current mood. Instead, it represents your average mood over the previous week.
The Mood Score is calculated by the MoodRing app for you using data from the AWARE sensors and from the mood check-ins you make in the app. Mood Scores are calculated differently across individuals using the app. This score is tailored to you and based on your behaviors and responses in the app.
The possible categories for the Mood Score are: Minimal, Mild, Moderate, Moderately Severe, and Severe. The data you can see on the detail screen for your weekly Mood Score include the number of weekly Mood Scores you have received, the number of times you have disagreed with your weekly Mood Score and the total number of days you have been in the study. In addition, you can view your weekly Mood Score data over the past month, the past three months, and across the whole time you have been using the app.