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ArticleJournal of medical systems2019

Exploratory Study of Psychosocial Therapies with Text Messages to Mobile Phones in Groups of Vulnerable Immigrant Women.

Yolanda García, Carlos Ferrás, Álvaro Rocha, Adrián Aguilera

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Article in Journal of medical systems, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Factors Influencing Physical Activity Participation among Midlife Immigrant Women: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  8. Text Messages for Depression, Anxiety and Alcohol Abuse Therapy-Are Construction Guidelines Needed?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Yolanda GarcíaDepartment of Communications Sciences, University of Santiago de Compostela, Campus Vida s/n, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. yolanda.garcia.vazquez@usc.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6397-9795
Carlos FerrásDepartment of Geography, University of Santiago de Compostela, Campus Vida s/n, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Álvaro RochaDepartment of Informatics Engineering, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Adrián AguileraSchool of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Various experimental studies on psychosocial therapy have been carried out through text messages with groups of people suffering from depression, anxiety, alcoholism, addictions, etc., but without distinguishing between men and women or highly vulnerable groups such as immigrants. We present an exploratory study of a mobile communication system which intends to improve the mental, physical and social health of a group of vulnerable immigrant women in Spain (n = 71), distinguishing between an intervention group and a non-equivalent control group. We sent automatic text messages (SMS) to the mobile phones of an intervention group formed by immigrant women who used the social services (n = 44). During a 26-day intervention period, the women received 4 daily automatic text messages on their phones, at a predetermined time. We measured mood and depression symptoms at the beginning and end of the intervention, and analysed the qualitative data to determine the acceptance level of a remote message program. The mood and depression symptoms were measured with the personal health questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and were significantly better in the intervention group; they evolved from an initial 9.4 (DS = 6.4, range 1-25) to a 5.0 score at the end of the message period (DS = 4.8); with a significant difference (t (44) = 2.01, p = 7.80). Most women stated that the messages had improved their mood (86.3%), which made them feel more connected to their social environment (65.9%) and that they would like to continue receiving more messages (86.6%).

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Cell PhoneEmigrants and ImmigrantsPsychotherapyText MessagingVulnerable PopulationsAdultAgedFemaleHealth SurveysHumansMiddle AgedTelemedicineYoung AdultE-healthMobile phonesPsychosocial therapyText messagesWoman

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