Table 2.
Engagement with mental health resources during the 1-month study period among 30 patients who presented to an orthopedic clinic for management of chronic neck or back pain between January 2022 and May 2022.
| Characteristics | n (%) | ||
| Engagement with digital mental health intervention | |||
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Completed onboarding | 28 (93) | |
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Engaged with human coach at least once | 9 (30) | |
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Total interactionsa,b, median (IQR; range) | 19 (7 to 64; 1 to 382) | |
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Total interactions with chatbota, median (IQR; range) | 14 (5 to 40; 1 to 205) | |
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Total interactions with coacha, median (IQR; range) | 0 (0 to 1; 0 to 7) | |
| Other change in mental health management | |||
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Added a medication | 1 (3) | |
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Started psychotherapy | 6 (20) | |
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No change | 24 (80) | |
an=28 for intervention interactions because 2 participants did not complete onboarding.
bTotal interactions (ie, digital tools plus human coach sessions) with the digital mental health intervention is the exposure of interest for the mediation analyses.