StayWell

StayWell

StayWell Helping Californians cope with social distancing via daily text-based CBT during COVID-19

The StayWell project was a 60-day text messaging intervention targeting depression and anxiety symptoms among Latinx and Non-Latinx White (NLW) populations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), users received daily automated messages focused on skills like managing negative thoughts, relaxation, and goal-setting. The RE-AIM framework (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, Maintenance) was used to evaluate how well the intervention...

A Text Messaging Intervention (StayWell at Home) to Counteract Depression and Anxiety During COVID-19 Social Distancing: Pre-Post Study

Adrian Aguilera
Rosa Hernandez-Ramos
Alein Y. Haro-Ramos
Claire Elizabeth Boone
Tiffany Luo
Jing Xu
Bibhas Chakraborty
Chris Karr
Sabrina Darrow
Caroline A. Figueroa
2021

https://mental.jmir.org/2021/11/e25298

Background

Social distancing and stay-at-home orders are critical interventions to slow down person-to-person transmission of COVID-19. While these societal changes help contain the pandemic, they also have unintended negative consequences, including anxiety and depression. We developed StayWell, a daily skills-based SMS text messaging program, to mitigate COVID-19–related depression and anxiety symptoms among people who speak English and Spanish in the...

Effectiveness and implementation of a text messaging intervention to reduce depression and anxiety symptoms among Latinx and Non-Latinx white users during the COVID-19 pandemic

Alein Y. Haro-Ramos
Hector P. Rodriguez
Adrian Aguilera
2023

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37146444/

Text messaging interventions are increasingly used to help people manage depression and anxiety. However, little is known about the effectiveness and implementation of these interventions among U.S. Latinxs, who often face barriers to using mental health tools. The StayWell at Home (StayWell) intervention, a 60-day text messaging program based on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), was developed to help adults cope with depressive and anxiety symptoms...