Predictors of Participation in a Perinatal Text Message Screening Protocol for Maternal Depression and Anxiety: Prospective Cohort Study

Julia Barnwell   ^{1, 2} , MSc ;   Cindy Hénault Robert   ² , MSc ;   Tuong-Vi Nguyen   ^{2, 3, 4, 5} , MSc, MD ;   Kelsey P Davis   ^{2, 3} , BSc ;   Chloé Gratton   ⁶ , BA ;   Guillaume Elgbeili   ^{2, 6} , MSc ;   Hung Pham   ^{7, 8} , MSc ;   Michael J Meaney   ^{3, 6, 9, 10, 11} , PhD ;   Tina C Montreuil   ^{2, 3, 12, 13 *} , PsyD, PhD ;   Kieran J O'Donnell   ^{3, 7, 8 *} , PhD

¹ Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

² Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada

³ Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

⁴ Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada

⁵ Reproductive Psychiatry Program, Departments of Psychiatry and Obstetrics and Gynecology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada

⁶ Douglas Research Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada

⁷ Yale Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States

⁸ Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States

⁹ Translational Neuroscience Program, Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Singapore, Singapore

¹⁰ Department of Paediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

¹¹ Brain - Body Initiative, Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore

¹² Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

¹³ Department of Pediatrics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

*these authors contributed equally