Desarrollo de un módulo de analítica de datos para el proyecto ESPOL Keepers

Abstract

CONDITION FOR PUBLICATION OF PROJECT. In response to growing concerns about the mental health of university students, the Escuela Superior Politécnica Del Litoral has launched the ESPOL Keepers project, which has developed an application that allows students, teachers, and administrative staff to perform self-assessments to identify the early presence of psychopathologies such as stress, anxiety, or depression. The usage data generated by this application is key to analyzing the state of mental health at the institution and making decisions accordingly. However, given the lack of mechanisms to extract, analyze, and visualize this critical information, a data analysis module is proposed that can be integrated into the ongoing project. To test the usability, usefulness, and ability to convey information of the developed product, a test was conducted to evaluate the design and decision-making support, and another to evaluate the user experience and relevance of the information displayed. As a result, in the four scenarios proposed in the evaluation, more than 60% of the participants interpreted and selected a correct decision, in addition to highlighting the intuitive use of the application and the relevance of the sugested indicators. It was concluded that the developed product is effective in transmitting relevant information and improves the decision-making process within the project. Keywords: Data visualization, mental health, mental health monitoring, psychopathologies