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Meet Our User Persona:
John Tan
John Tan is a secondary school student who is:
Stress from homework & exams
Unable to calm himself down from anxiety
What he needs is:
Alert for abnormal heart rate
Reminders to take break
Yet, therapy solutions are:
Costly and locked behind subscriptions
Without screening for early signs of depression
Yet John Is Not the Only One.
1 in 3 Adolescents Reports Depression & Anxiety,
But Only 10% of Parents Spot Mental Health Issues.
Introducing Our Solution: SoulGood
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SoulGood is a mobile app designed with:
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Detection:
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Monitor Heart Rate with Apple Watch
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Sync & Understand your Data with UHealth
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Intervention
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Souly the Chatbot
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My Music (Recommendations)
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Wellness Articles
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Reachout (to Professional Interventions)
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Health Insights
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SoulGood Ecosystem
Apple Watch
SoulGood Application
UHealth
Welcome to SoulGood:
- Login Page – Sign up or log in to a current account
- Guest Access – Enhanced privacy & barrier-free login
- Avatar Creation – Personalise with your very own avatar
- Tutorial – Navigate like a pro with our guide
Let Souly Get To Know You Better:
- Lifestyle Questions – Complete the questions for better personalisation
- Review Patient Health Questionnaire 9 – Providing you a comprehensive explanation of your risks of depression
- Topic selection – Kickstart your conversation with our recommended topics
- Summary – Crafting a concise version of your chat history with Souly coupled with advice
Feeling Stressed? Listen To Our Music Recommendations:
- Stress Notifications – Alerts and notifies you when your stress
- Warning Popup – Redirect you to our SoulGood intervention features
- Music Recommendations – Exclusively designed music playlist with genres you love
Read Wellness Articles At Your Fingertip:
- Pending Tasks – Get alerts on unfinished tasks so that you are up to date
- For You – Presenting you personalised wellness articles with insightful guides
Helping Hand Is Just One Call Away:
- Help Lines – Listing out Singapore’s readily available professional counselling
- Weblinks – Redirecting you to these organisations’ webpages
- Hotlines – Ring up professional counsellors’ phone numbers easily
Check On Your Health & Risks Easily:
- Heart Activity – Receive your average heart rate every 10 minutes to know how your health or stress is faring
Our journey began with selecting a suitable fitness tracker. After exploring different options, we chose the Apple Watch. This choice was based on its strong popularity among youths aged 13 to 25 and the recent discontinuation of the Google Fitness API, which limited our integration possibilities on Android platforms.
With our platform selected, we moved on to designing the user interface. Using Figma, we created the low-fidelity UI of our app, focusing on core features and user flow. This step allowed us to clearly visualize the app's structure and ensure an intuitive experience for users from the outset.
We then began developing our machine learning model where heart rate data collected by the Apple Watch is first synced with Apple Health and then passed into our app, UHealth.
This data is transformed into heart rate variability (HRV), a key physiological indicator associated with emotional and mental well-being. The HRV data is then analyzed by our model to detect the risk of depression.
Following the development of our core features, we focused on designing intervention tools aimed at helping users manage and reduce the risk of depression.
These features include personalised music recommendations, an integrated SOS helpline, and access to curated wellness articles. Each element is thoughtfully designed to promote emotional regulation and provide comfort during moments of distress.
To make the experience more engaging and interactive, we introduced gamification elements, including the ability for users to create their own avatar.
We also integrated AI tools, most notably Souly, our in-app chatbot designed to support users through friendly conversations and mental wellness check-ins. Souly not only enhances user interaction within the app but also functions as a standalone tool for those who may not own an Apple Watch, ensuring that support is accessible to a broader audience.
Simple, effective, and exactly what we need in the market
Talking to Souly helped me sort through my thoughts without feeling judged. It’s comforting to know I have that support any time.
Having to use two separate apps initially was a bit confusing, but with some guidance, everything worked smoothly
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