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Published on in Vol 7, No 12 (2020): December

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/22423, first published .
Changes in Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Levels of Subscribers to a Daily Supportive Text Message Program (Text4Hope) During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-Sectional Survey Study

Changes in Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Levels of Subscribers to a Daily Supportive Text Message Program (Text4Hope) During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-Sectional Survey Study

Changes in Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Levels of Subscribers to a Daily Supportive Text Message Program (Text4Hope) During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-Sectional Survey Study

Authors of this article:

Vincent Israel Ouoku Agyapong1 Author Orcid Image ;   Marianne Hrabok2 Author Orcid Image ;   Wesley Vuong3 Author Orcid Image ;   Reham Shalaby1 Author Orcid Image ;   Jasmine Marie Noble1 Author Orcid Image ;   April Gusnowski3 Author Orcid Image ;   Kelly J Mrklas4, 5 Author Orcid Image ;   Daniel Li3 Author Orcid Image ;   Liana Urichuk3 Author Orcid Image ;   Mark Snaterse3 Author Orcid Image ;   Shireen Surood3 Author Orcid Image ;   Bo Cao1 Author Orcid Image ;   Xin-Min Li1 Author Orcid Image ;   Russell Greiner1 Author Orcid Image ;   Andrew James Greenshaw1 Author Orcid Image
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