Evaluating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a digital, app-based intervention for depression (VMood) in community-based settings in Vietnam: Protocol for a stepped-wedge randomized controlled trial

• Leena W. Chau ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Leena W. Chau, Jill K. Murphy

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8557-3542

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• Jill K. Murphy ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Leena W. Chau, Jill K. Murphy

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

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• Vu Cong Nguyen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Population, Health and Development, Hanoi, Vietnam

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• Hui Xie,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada

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• Raymond W. Lam,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

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• Harry Minas,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Global and Cultural Mental Health Unit, Centre for Mental Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1719-7367

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• Yufei Zheng,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada

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• Emanuel Krebs,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada

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• Kanna Hayashi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3843-2928

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• Son Dao,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation Institute of Population, Health and Development, Hanoi, Vietnam

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• Xuan Nguyen,

  Roles Project administration

  Affiliation Institute of Population, Health and Development, Hanoi, Vietnam

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• Viet Anh Duong,

  Roles Project administration

  Affiliation Institute of Population, Health and Development, Hanoi, Vietnam

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• Eugene Fiume,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Applied Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5939-7055

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• John O’Neil

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: leena_chau@sfu.ca

  Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada

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