ArticleJMIR mHealth and uHealth2020
A Mobile Phone App to Improve the Mental Health of Taxi Drivers: Single-Arm Feasibility Trial.
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- Depression, anxiety and stress in taxi drivers: a systematic review of the literature.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2025Pooled it
- Persian adaptation and validation of the user version of The Mobile Application Rating Scale (uMARS).PloS one · 2025Article
- The Association of Untreated Mental Health Problems with Alcohol and Tobacco use Among New York City Taxi Drivers.Journal of community health · 2023Article
- Access to Virtual Mental Healthcare and Support for Refugee and Immigrant Groups: A Scoping Review.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2023Article
- Monitored Implementation of COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Screening at Taxi Ranks in Johannesburg, South Africa.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Spanish adaptation and validation of the User Version of the Mobile Application Rating Scale (uMARS).Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2021Article
- Feasibility and Acceptability of an Asthma App to Monitor Medication Adherence: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Observational
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Abstract
backgroundPsychological distress among taxi drivers is 5 times higher than that in the general population, and more than half of all drivers have experienced 3 or more potentially traumatic events in their lifetime. Nevertheless, help-seeking for mental health problems in this male-dominated, predominately immigrant workforce is low. Mobile technologies have the potential to increase mental health awareness, teach self-help skills, and encourage help-seeking in this hard-to-reach population.
objectiveThis study aimed to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and potential efficacy of Driving to Health, a mobile phone-friendly mental health website app designed for people working as taxi drivers.
methodsDrivers (n=46) were recruited from the Melbourne Airport Taxi Holding Yard to participate in a single-arm trial. Self-reported, paper-based assessments were completed at baseline and at 1 month. Feasibility was measured by completion rates, representativeness of study participants, and levels of use. Acceptability was assessed by measuring users' perception of the quality of the app and anticipated levels of future use. The efficacy of Driving to Health to increase awareness, self-help behaviors, and intentions to seek help was assessed using the user version of the Mobile App Rating Scale (uMARS) and the General Help-Seeking Questionnaire (GHSQ). Psychological symptoms were measured using the short form of the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21). Data were analyzed using complete case analysis.
resultsIn total, 42 participants comprising drivers from 10 different countries of origin, and 14 different languages, completed pre- and poststudy measures (42/46, 91% completion rate). Just under half (45%) of all users used the app more than once with an average visit of 4 min 8 seconds. Responding to the uMARS, 62% (26/42) of the participants said that they would recommend the app to many people. Nearly all (40/42, 95%) participants said that Driving to Health increased awareness of their own mental health; 86% (36/42) said that it increased their mental health knowledge; and 76% (32/42) said that it increased their self-help behaviors. Increases in help-seeking intentions on the GHSQ were not significant, and increases on all 3 scales of DASS-21 were not reliable or meaningful.
conclusionsThis study suggests that Driving to Health is an acceptable and feasible electronic health intervention for a hard-to-reach population. Our findings also suggest that Driving to Health results in increases in mental health awareness, behaviors, and willingness to seek help.
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