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ArticleJMIR formative research2022

Egyptian Students Open to Digital Mental Health Care: Cross-Sectional Survey.

Mostafa Mamdouh, Andy Man Yeung Tai, Jean Nicolas Westenberg, Farhud Shams, Kerry Jang, Adel Badawy, Houssam Elsawi, Michael Krausz

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Article in JMIR formative research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mostafa MamdouhDepartment of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1988-8439
Andy Man Yeung TaiDepartment of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5262-8615
Jean Nicolas WestenbergDepartment of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4720-8402
Farhud ShamsDepartment of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8720-3748
Kerry JangDepartment of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0977-5377
Adel BadawyDepartment of Psychiatry, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4518-5275
Houssam ElsawiDepartment of Psychiatry, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2927-4457
Michael KrauszDepartment of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3509-7274
University of British Columbia · CATanta University · EG

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn Egypt, the shortage of mental health services, particularly for adolescents and young adults, is apparent. Electronic mental health (EMH) has been proposed as a solution to bridge the gap and better address the needs of young people. However, EMH is new to Egypt and its acceptability among target populations is crucial to its implementation and success.

objectiveThe objective of this study is to explore the interest of Egyptian youth in EMH, identify perceived barriers to EMH, and inform the design of EMH tools to best address the needs of youth.

methodsA web-based cross-sectional survey was distributed among medical students at Tanta University in Egypt. Chi-square and one-way analysis of variance tests were performed for inferential analyses using a significance level of .05.

resultsOf the 707 individuals who completed the survey (90.9% response rate), 60.5% (428) were female, 62% (438) lived in urban and suburban areas, and the mean age of the sample was 20.5 (SD 1.8) years. The vast majority of participants (522/707, 73.8%) had already used the internet to find information about mental health problems, but the information was unsatisfactory for about half of them (386/707, 54.6%). Almost all students reported that they would prefer web-based therapy if EMH were available through a trustworthy national web-based platform for youth mental health (601/707, 85%). Students believed that emotional difficulties, social support, and coping strategies were the main topics that EMH should help with. The most common perceived barriers for EMH use in Egypt were concerns about privacy (382/707, 54%) and a lack of technology literacy and unfamiliarity with EMH (352/707, 50%).

conclusionsEMH is a promising strategy for addressing gaps in the mental health care for young people. To construct and implement a digital system of care that addresses the unique needs and preferences of youth, adolescents and young adults should be involved in the co-development and design.

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Arab countriesbarrierseHealth solutionseMental healthEMHemotional supportmental healthmental health caremobile phonestudentstherapyyoung adultsyouthyouth engagementyouth mental health

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