Qualitative feedback from a text messaging intervention for depression: benefits, drawbacks, and cultural differences.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mobile health interventions are often standardized and assumed to work the same for all users; however, we may be missing cultural differences in the experiences of interventions that may impact how and if an intervention is effective.

Objective

The objective of the study was to assess qualitative feedback from participants to determine if there were differences between Spanish speakers and English speakers. Daily text messages were sent to patients as an adjunct to group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for depression.

Methods

Messages inquired about mood and about specific themes (thoughts, activities, social interactions) of a manualized group CBT intervention. There were thirty-nine patients who participated in the text messaging pilot study. The aver

SUBMITTER: Aguilera A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4259984 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature