Efficient Online Recruitment of Patients With Depressive Symptoms Using Social Media: Cross-Sectional Observational Study

Published on 03.06.2025 in Vol 12 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/65920, first published September 02, 2024.

; Lisa Klein³

; Marlene Heckl⁴

; Marija Kesić³

; Ann-Katrin Rueß³

; Jochen Gensichen¹

; Karoline Lukaschek¹

; Tobias Kruse³

; POKAL-Group⁵

Carolin Haas ^{1, 2
*} , PhD ;   Lisa Klein ^{3
*} , MSc ;   Marlene Heckl ⁴ , Dr med ;   Marija Kesić ³ , BSc ;   Ann-Katrin Rueß ³ , MSc ;   Jochen Gensichen ¹ , Prof Dr Med ;   Karoline Lukaschek ^{1
*} , DPhil, PD ;   Tobias Kruse ^{3
*} , PhD ;   POKAL-Group ⁵

¹ Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany

² "POKAL (Predictors and Outcomes in Primary Care Depression Care) Graduate Program” (DFG-GrK 2621), Munich, Germany

³ Trials24 GmbH, SubjectWell, Munich, Germany

⁴ Independent researcher (Psychiatry), Munich, Germany

⁵ See Acknowledgments

*these authors contributed equally

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