This research titled “Mental Distress and Attitude of Medical Students in Sudan Towards Digital Mental Health” is conducted by Sara Hassan Mustafa and the team.

We invite you to participate in this research because you are a medical student in Sudan and you are 16 years old or older. With your participation, we expect to increase the knowledge about mental health problems to help overcome barriers to mental healthcare.

The questionnaire will take 5 - 10 minutes to fill out. There are no risks involved in participating in this research.

Your responses to this survey will be anonymous. Please do not write any identifying information in your questionnaire. Your personal information will be kept strictly confidential.

Participation in this research is of your own choosing. You can choose to participate or not.

If you have questions about this research, the participants, or your rights as a participant, you can contact the principal investigator at ktareegi@gmail.com.

Part 1: Socio-demographic information

1

University

2

College

3

Age (in years)

4

Gender

1/Male

2/Female

5

Religion

1/Muslim

2/Christian

3/Other

6

Academic level of education

1/First

2/Second

3/Third

4/Fourth

5/Fifth

6/Sixth

7

Nationality

1/Sudanese

2/Non-Sudanese

8

Place of living

1/I live with my family

2/I live in a hostel

3/Other type of accommodation

9

What is the source of your financial support

1/My family

2/My self

3/Other source

10

Employment status

1/Student

2/Student with a part-time job

11

Marital status

1/Marrid

2/Single