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ArticleGlobal mental health (Cambridge, England)2025

Findings from the Tushirikiane-4-MH (supporting each other for mental health) mobile health-supported virtual reality randomized controlled trial among urban refugee youth in Kampala, Uganda.

Carmen H Logie, Moses Okumu, Zerihun Admassu, Frannie MacKenzie, Lesley Gittings, Jean-Luc Kortenaar, Naimul Khan, Robert Hakiza, Daniel Kibuuka Musoke, Aidah Nakitende and 4 more

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Article in Global mental health (Cambridge, England), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Virtual Reality Technology in Individual Self-Compassion Interventions: A Scoping Review.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Carmen H LogieFactor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8035-433X
Moses OkumuSchool of Social Work, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA.
Zerihun AdmassuFactor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1670-8949
Frannie MacKenzieFactor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Lesley GittingsSchool of Health Studies, Western University, London, Canada.
Jean-Luc KortenaarDalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Naimul KhanDepartment of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Robert HakizaYoung African Refugees for Integral Development (YARID), Kampala, Uganda.
Daniel Kibuuka MusokeInternational Research Consortium, Kampala, Uganda.
Aidah NakitendeInternational Research Consortium, Kampala, Uganda.
Brenda KatisiYoung African Refugees for Integral Development (YARID), Kampala, Uganda.
Peter KyambaddeNational AIDS and STI Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda.
Richard LesterDepartment of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Lawrence MbuagbawDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Virtual reality (VR) for mental health promotion remains understudied in low-income humanitarian settings. We examined the effectiveness of VR in reducing depression with urban refugee youth in Kampala, Uganda. This randomized controlled trial assessed VR alone (Arm 1), VR followed by Group Problem Management Plus (GPM+) (Arm 2) and a control group (Arm 3), with a peer-driven and convenience sample of refugee youth aged 16-25 in Kampala. The primary outcome, depression, was measured with the Patient Health Questionnaire-9. Secondary outcomes included: mental health literacy, mental health stigma, self-compassion, mental well-being and adaptive coping. Analyses were conducted at three time points (baseline, 8 weeks, 16 weeks) using generalized estimating equations. Among participants (

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depressionrefugeesself-compassionUgandavirtual realityyouth

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PMID39935733
PMCPMC11810762

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