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. 2023 Jul 27;14:1143272. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1143272

Table 2.

Variable distributions for pre-COVID and COVID cohorts.

Variable Pre-COVID COVID Adjusted p value
Summary statistics
Signups 5,048 13,841
Signups per day 19.72 24.28
Demographic variables/Control variables not used for clustering
Gender <0.001
Female 3,899 (77.24% [76.06, 78.37]) 10,406 (75.18% [74.46, 75.89])
Male 971 (19.24% [18.17, 20.35]) 2,629 (18.99% [18.35, 19.66])
Non-binary 178 (3.53% [3.05, 4.07]) 806 (5.82% [5.45, 6.23])
Age group <0.001
14–17 4,683 (92.77% [92.02, 93.45]) 12,290 (88.79% [88.26, 89.31])
18–25 365 (7.23% [6.55, 7.98]) 1,551 (11.21% [10.69, 11.74])
Ethnicity group <0.001
White 4,259 (84.37% [83.34, 85.35]) 11,280 (81.5% [80.84, 82.14])
Asian 331 (6.56% [5.91, 7.27]) 917 (6.63% [6.22, 7.05])
Black 141 (2.79% [2.37, 3.28]) 471 (3.4% [3.11, 3.72])
Mixed 239 (4.73% [4.18, 5.36]) 727 (5.25% [4.89, 5.64])
Other 78 (1.55% [1.24, 1.92]) 446 (3.22% [2.94, 3.53])
White 4,259 (84.37% [83.34, 85.35]) 11,280 (81.5% [80.84, 82.14])
Service usage variables/Dependent variables used for clustering
Period* - 0.016
Engagement* - 0.074
Activeness* - <0.001
Journal entry 3,716 (73.61% [72.38, 74.81]) 11,675 (84.35% [83.74, 84.95]) <0.001
Personal goal created 1,007 (19.95% [18.87, 21.07]) 2,418 (17.47% [16.85, 18.11]) <0.001
Article created 296 (5.86% [5.25, 6.55]) 466 (3.37% [3.08, 3.68]) <0.001
Discussion created 1,051 (20.82% [19.72, 21.96]) 2,741 (19.8% [19.15, 20.48]) 0.251
Comment created 1,644 (32.57% [31.29, 33.87]) 4,772 (34.48% [33.69, 35.27]) 0.008
Message sent 771 (15.27% [14.31, 16.29]) 2,237 (16.16% [15.56, 16.78]) 0.129
Ad-hoc chat 3,791 (75.1% [73.89, 76.27]) 7,816 (56.47% [55.64, 57.29]) <0.001
Booked chat 196 (3.88% [3.38, 4.45]) 403 (2.91% [2.64, 3.21]) 0.001
Service experience variables/Observational variables not used for clustering
Administrative message received 475 (9.41% [8.63, 10.25]) 7,553 (54.57% [53.74, 55.4]) <0.0001
Therapeutic message received 680 (13.47% [12.56, 14.44]) 7,152 (51.67% [50.84, 52.5]) <0.0001
Successful chat 1,567 (31.04% [29.78, 32.33]) 2,611 (18.86% [18.22, 19.52]) <0.0001
Failed chat 1,065 (21.1% [19.99, 22.24]) 2,675 (19.33% [18.68, 19.99]) 0.008

Reported values are absolute counts, percentages with 95% confidence intervals, and adjusted p values assessing whether variables changed during COVID compared to pre-COVID.

*Continuous variable. See Figure 2.