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. 2023 Jul 10;12:e46649. doi: 10.2196/46649

Table 5.

Background variables and clinical outcomes.

Variables Response options Time point


T0 T1 T2
Background variables

Gender Male, female, or unwilling to answer


Marital status Unmarried, married, cohabitant, widow or widower, divorced, separated, registered partner, divorced partner, or surviving partner


Education No education or preschool education, elementary school, high school without diploma, high school with diploma, bachelor’s degree or university or college lower level, master’s degree or university or college higher level, or PhD or researchers training


Employment status Full-time, part-time, home-employed, pursuing further education, unemployed, disabled, or retired


Lifestyle habits (3 items) (1) Smoking (yes or no), (2) snuff (yes or no), and (3) alcohol consumption (yes, no, and if yes, how often)


Digital skills (3 items) (1) Use of smartphone (yes or no), (2) use of tablet (yes or no), and (3) use of computer (yes or no)


Use of mobile health apps Yes or no–if yes, specify which apps
Clinical variables (from the medical record)

Primary diagnosis



Time since diagnosis or start of condition Duration of condition


Medication Current treatment and any changes

Comorbidities Number of comorbidities

Use of health care resources (from the medical record)

Contact with the outpatient clinic Contact type (physical consultation, video consultation, telephone call, or other), planned or acute, and number of each


Use of the digital service (dose of intervention) Contact type (PROMa response, task, chat, video, or other) and the number of each

aPROM: patient-reported outcome measure.