A Text Messaging Intervention (StayWell at Home) to Counteract Depression and Anxiety During COVID-19 Social Distancing: Pre-Post Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social distancing and stay-at-home orders are critical interventions to slow down person-to-person transmission of COVID-19. While these societal changes help contain the pandemic, they also have unintended negative consequences, including anxiety and depression. We developed StayWell, a daily skills-based SMS text messaging program, to mitigate COVID-19-related depression and anxiety symptoms among people who speak English and Spanish in the United States.

Objective

This paper describes the changes in StayWell participants' anxiety and depression levels after 60 days of exposure to skills-based SMS text messages.

Methods

We used self-administered, empirically supported web-based questionnaires to assess the demographic and clinical characteristics of StayW

SUBMITTER: Aguilera A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8562416 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature