Depression screening via a smartphone app: Cross-country user characteristics and feasibility

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 29-34

  BinDhim, Nasser F ^a,b   Shaman, Ahmed M ^c   Trevena, Lyndal ^a   Basyouni, Mada H ^d   Pont, Lisa G ^e   Alhawassi, Tariq M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SAUDI ELECTRONIC UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d University of Sydney   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apps; Depression; Mental health; Public health; SCREENING; Smartpone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOOD DISORDER ASSESSMENT; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM FEASIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELEMEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CELL PHONES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEMEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927670221     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2014-002840     Document Type: Article

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