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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Depression Research and Treatment Volume 2013, Article ID 640861, 8 pages /10.1155/2013/640861 Research Article A Low-Cost Point-of-Care Testing System for Psychomotor Symptoms of Depression Affecting Standing Balance: A Preliminary Study in India Arindam Dutta,1 Robins Kumar,2 Suruchi Malhotra,2 Sanjay Chugh,3 Alakananda Banerjee,2 and Anirban Dutta4,5 1 he Gnan Systems LLP, Kolkata 700156, India 2 he Dharma Foundation of India, New Delhi 110003, India 3 he Neuro Rehab Services LLP, New Delhi 110048, India 4 麓 篓 he Charite-Universitatsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany 5 Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA), 34090 Montpellier, France Correspondence should be addressed to Arindam Dutta; arindam.dutta.in@ Received 4 July 2013; Accepted 17 August 2013 Academic Editor: Charles B. Nemerof Copyright 漏 2013 Arindam Dutta et al. his is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. he World Health Organization estimated that major depression is the fourth most signiicant cause of disability worldwide for people aged 65 and older, where depressed older adults reported decreased independence, poor health, poor quality of life, functional decline, disability, and increased chronic medical problems. herefore, the objectives of this study were (1) to develop a low-cost point-of-care testing system for psychomotor symptoms of depression and (2) to evaluate the system in community dwelling elderly in India. he preliminary results from the cross-sectional study showed a signiicant negative line