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. 2023 Sep 27;7:e51088. doi: 10.2196/51088

Table 2.

Clients’ clinical and relationship characteristics (N=118).


Total samplea Interviewees (n=26)a
Treatments in the past month, n (%)

Used mental health medication 35 (29.7) 6 (24)

Seen health care or mental health care provider for mental health reasons 46 (39) 7 (28)
Pretreatment PHQ-9b

Mean (SD) 7.66 (5.82) 6.32 (5.48)

Minimal symptoms (0-4), n (%) 42 (36.2) 10 (40)

Mild symptoms (5-9), n (%) 38 (24.1) 10 (40)

Clinically significant (10-27), n (%) 36 (31) 5 (20)
Pretreatment GAD-7c

Mean (SD) 7.30 (5.44) 6.48 (5.58)

None-minimal (0-4), n (%) 44 (37.9) 10 (40)

Mild symptoms (5-9), n (%) 34 (29.3) 10 (40)

Clinically significant (10-21), n (%) 38 (32.8) 5 (20)
Pretreatment PCL-5d

Mean (SD) 19.34 (16.67) 16.28 (14.86)

Not clinically significant (0-32), n (%) 93 (80.2) 22 (88)

Clinically significant (33-80), n (%) 23 (19.8) 3 (12)
Number of clinically significant scores across PHQ-9, GAD-7, and PCL-5, n (%)

0 63 (54.3) 18 (72)

1 22 (19) 3 (12)

2 18 (15.5) 2 (8)

3 13 (11.2) 2 (8)
Pretreatment CSI-4e

Mean (SD) 13.57 (4.71) 13.87 (4.68)

Relationship dissatisfaction (0-13), n (%) 43 (42.6) 9 (39.1)

Relationship satisfaction (14-21), n (%) 58 (57.4) 14 (60.9)
Pretreatment GF-12f

Mean (SD) 2.12 (0.54) 2.01 (0.57)

Higher relationship functioning (1.00-1.99), n (%) 45 (38.8) 14 (56)

Moderate relationship functioning (2.00-2.99), n (%) 66 (56.9) 9 (36)

Lower relationship functioning (3.00-4.00), n (%) 5 (4.2) 2 (8)

aNot all clients responded to all questions. Percentages shown were calculated based on the number of valid responses (generally, 116 responses for the total sample and 25 for interviewees).

bPHQ-9: Patient Health Questionnaire-9.

cGAD-7: Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7.

dPCL-5: PTSD Checklist for DSM-5.

eCSI-4: 4-item version of the Couples Satisfaction Index.

fGF-12: General Functioning subscale of the McMaster Family Assessment Device.