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Published on in Vol 14 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/77761, first published .
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Feasibility and Acceptability of a Mobile App and Wearable Device for Collecting Mental Health Survey and Passively Sensed Data Among Health Care Workers in Kenya: Mixed Methods Pilot Study

Feasibility and Acceptability of a Mobile App and Wearable Device for Collecting Mental Health Survey and Passively Sensed Data Among Health Care Workers in Kenya: Mixed Methods Pilot Study

Linda Khakali   1 , MA ;   Andrew Aballa   1 , MSc ;   Dorcas G Mwigereri   2 , MSc ;   Eileen M Weinheimer-Haus   3, 4 , PhD ;   Willie Njoroge   1 , MSc ;   Rachel Maina   1 , PhD ;   Amos Bunde   5 , BSc ;   Peris Musitia   6 , MA ;   Moses K Nyongesa   1 , PhD ;   James Orwa   2 , PhD ;   Jasmit Shah   1 , PhD ;   Zhenke Wu   7 , PhD ;   Anthony K Ngugi   2 , PhD ;   Lukoye Atwoli   1, 8 , MD, PhD ;   Srijan Sen   9 , MD, PhD ;   Candace Kolars   3, 4 , MPH, PhD ;   Akbar K Waljee   3, 4 , MD, MSc ;   Amina Abubakar   6, 10 , PhD ;   Elena Frank   9 * , PhD ;   Zul Merali   1 * , PhD

1 Brain and Mind Institute, Aga Khan University Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

2 Department of Population Health, Aga Khan University Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

3 Center for Global Health Equity, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

4 Department of Learning Health Sciences, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

5 Computing and Data Innovation Office, Aga Khan University Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

6 Institute for Human Development, Aga Khan University Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

7 Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

8 Department of Medicine, Medical College East Africa, Aga Khan University Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

9 Michigan Neuroscience Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

10 Neurosciences Unit, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya

*these authors contributed equally

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