Text Messaging as a Screening Tool for Depression and Related Conditions in Underserved, Predominantly Minority Safety Net Primary Care Patients: Validity Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

SMS text messaging is an inexpensive, private, and scalable technology-mediated assessment mode that can alleviate many barriers faced by the safety net population to receive depression screening. Some existing studies suggest that technology-mediated assessment encourages self-disclosure of sensitive health information such as depressive symptoms while other studies show the opposite effect.

Objective

This study aimed to evaluate the validity of using SMS text messaging to screen depression and related conditions, including anxiety and functional disability, in a low-income, culturally diverse safety net primary care population.

Methods

This study used a randomized design with 4 study groups that permuted the order of SMS text messaging and the gold standa

SUBMITTER: Jin H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7146238 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature