Effectiveness of a chatbot in improving the mental wellbeing of health workers in Malawi during the COVID-19 pandemic: A randomized, controlled trial

• Eckhard Kleinau ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Eckhard Kleinau, Tilinao Lamba

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ekleinau@urc-chs.com

  Affiliation University Research Co. (URC), Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0304-1644

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• Tilinao Lamba ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Eckhard Kleinau, Tilinao Lamba

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dept. of Psychology, University of Malawi–Chancellor College, Zomba, Malawi

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• Wanda Jaskiewicz,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Global Health Division, Chemonics International, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7904-0432

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• Katy Gorentz,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Global Health Division, Chemonics International, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

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• Ines Hungerbuehler,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

  Affiliation Clinical Division, Vitalk, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Donya Rahimi,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration

  Affiliation Global Health Division, Chemonics International, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

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• Demoubly Kokota,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dept. of Psychology, University of Malawi–Chancellor College, Zomba, Malawi

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• Limbika Maliwichi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dept. of Psychology, University of Malawi–Chancellor College, Zomba, Malawi

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9026-4282

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• Edister Jamu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dept. of Psychology, University of Malawi–Chancellor College, Zomba, Malawi

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3532-7535

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• Alex Zumazuma,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mental Health, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHES), Blantyre, Malawi

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6065-8160

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• Mariana Negrão,

  Roles Software, Supervision

  Affiliation Clinical Division, Vitalk, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Raphael Mota,

  Roles Data curation, Software

  Affiliation Clinical Division, Vitalk, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Yasmine Khouri,

  Roles Software

  Affiliation Clinical Division, Vitalk, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Michael Kapps

  Roles Software, Supervision

  Affiliation Clinical Division, Vitalk, São Paulo, Brazil

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