Text4Hope: Receiving Daily Supportive Text Messages for 3 Months During the COVID-19 Pandemic Reduces Stress, Anxiety, and Depression
In: Disaster Med Public Health Prep, 2021
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BACKGROUND: This study reports on the changes in stress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms of subscribers after 3 months using Text4Hope, a supportive text messaging program designed to provide support during the pandemic. METHODS: Standardized self-report measures were used to evaluate perceived stress (measured with the Perceived Stress Scale-10 [PSS-10]), anxiety (measured with the General Anxiety Disorder Scale 7 [GAD-7]), and depressive symptoms (measured with the Patient Health Questionnaire [PHQ-9]), at baseline and 3rd month (n = 373). RESULTS: After 3 months of using Text4Hope, subscribers’ self-reports revealed significant (p< 0.001) mean score reductions compared with baseline on: the GAD-7 by 22.7%, PHQ-9 by 10.3%, and PSS-10 scores by 5.7%. Reductions in inferred prevalence rates for moderate to high symptoms were also observed, with anxiety demonstrating the largest reduction (15.7%). CONCLUSIONS: Observed Text4Hope-related reductions in psychological distress during COVID-19 indicate that Text4Hope is an effective, convenient, and accessible means of implementing a population-level psychological intervention.
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Text4Hope: Receiving Daily Supportive Text Messages for 3 Months During the COVID-19 Pandemic Reduces Stress, Anxiety, and Depression
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Agyapong, Vincent I.O. ; Hrabok, Marianne ; Shalaby, Reham ; Vuong, Wesley ; Noble, Jasmine M. ; Gusnowski, April ; Mrklas, Kelly ; Li, Daniel ; Urichuck, Liana ; Snaterse, Mark ; Surood, Shireen ; Cao, Bo ; Li, Xin-Min ; Greiner, Russell ; Greenshaw, Andrew J. |
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Zeitschrift: | Disaster Med Public Health Prep, 2021 |
Veröffentlichung: | Cambridge University Press, 2021 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
DOI: | 10.1017/dmp.2021.27 |
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