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This study aimed to predict depression risk and identify individuals in need of specialized depression care at local healthcare centers, using response and usage log data from the socially assistive robot\n                      <jats:italic>Hyodol<\/jats:italic>\n                      .\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 215 community-dwelling older adults (170 in the 2024 cohort and 45 in the 2025 cohort) who used\n                      <jats:italic>Hyodol<\/jats:italic>\n                      were recruited. User responses to\n                      <jats:italic>Hyodol<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2019s daily health check-in questions and free conversations, as well as physical interaction and content usage logs, were processed as features. Depression status was determined via clinical surveys and expert-led video consultations. A random forest model to predict depression status, defined as (i) symptomatic of depression and (ii) depression requiring referral to local healthcare centers, was trained on the 2024 cohort and tested on the 2025 cohort.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The model predicted symptomatic participants and participants requiring referral with sensitivities of 0.939 and 0.900, respectively. The model also produced considerable false positives. Features most strongly associated with depression status included engagement with quiz content, frequency of free conversations, positive responses to daily check-ins, regular meal intake, and the frequency of physical interactions with the robot.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The preliminary findings suggest that\n                      <jats:italic>Hyodol<\/jats:italic>\n                      -based monitoring may serve as a viable screening tool for detecting depression risk in older adults. 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