Effective Adoption of Tablets for Psychodiagnostic Assessments in Rural Burundi : Evidence for the Usability and Validity of Mobile Technology in the Example of Differentiating Symptom Profiles in AMISOM Soldiers 1 Year After Deployment

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Frontiers in Public Health. Frontiers Research Foundation. 2021, 9, 490604. eISSN 2296-2565. Available under: doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.490604
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Research on the use of mobile technology in health sciences has identified several advantages of so-called mHealth (mobile health) applications. Tablet-supported clinical assessments are becoming more and more prominent in clinical applications, even in low-income countries. The present study used tablet computers for assessments of clinical symptom profiles in a sample of Burundian AMISOM soldiers (i.e., African Union Mission to Somalia; a mission approved by the UN). The study aimed to demonstrate the feasibility of mHealth-supported assessments in field research in Burundi. The study was conducted in a resource-poor setting, in which tablet computers are predestined to gather data in an efficient and reliable manner. The overall goal was to prove the validity of the obtained data as well as the feasibility of the chosen study setting. Four hundred sixty-three soldiers of the AMISOM forces were investigated after return from a 1-year military mission in Somalia. Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression were assessed. The used data-driven approach based on a latent profile analysis revealed the following four distinct groups, which are based on the soldiers' PTSD and depression symptom profiles: Class 1: moderate PTSD, Class 2: moderate depression, Class 3: low overall symptoms, and Class 4: high overall symptoms. Overall, the four identified classes of soldiers differed significantly in their PTSD and depression scores. The study clearly demonstrates that tablet-supported assessments can provide a useful application of mobile technology in large-scale studies, especially in resource-poor settings. Based on the data collected for the study at hand, it was possible to differentiate different sub-groups of soldiers with distinct symptom profiles, proving the statistical validity of the gathered data. Finally, advantages and challenges for the application of mobile technology in a resource-poor setting are outlined and discussed.

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tablet computer, application, post-deployment aggression, PTSD, depression, latent-profile-analysis, soldiers, mobile data collection
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ISO 690WEIERSTALL, Roland, Anselm CROMBACH, Corina NANDI, Manassé BAMBONYÉ, Thomas PROBST, Rüdiger PRYSS, 2021. Effective Adoption of Tablets for Psychodiagnostic Assessments in Rural Burundi : Evidence for the Usability and Validity of Mobile Technology in the Example of Differentiating Symptom Profiles in AMISOM Soldiers 1 Year After Deployment. In: Frontiers in Public Health. Frontiers Research Foundation. 2021, 9, 490604. eISSN 2296-2565. Available under: doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.490604
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  title={Effective Adoption of Tablets for Psychodiagnostic Assessments in Rural Burundi : Evidence for the Usability and Validity of Mobile Technology in the Example of Differentiating Symptom Profiles in AMISOM Soldiers 1 Year After Deployment},
  volume={9},
  journal={Frontiers in Public Health},
  author={Weierstall, Roland and Crombach, Anselm and Nandi, Corina and Bambonyé, Manassé and Probst, Thomas and Pryss, Rüdiger},
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