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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatr Serv. 2023 Aug 30;75(3):228–236. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.20230023

Table 1.

Participant characteristics of the study sample, by group

Staff surveys (N=13) Staff focus groups (N=11) Staff interviews (N=9) VR-JIT recipient surveys (N=42) VR-JIT recipient focus groups (N=13) VR-JIT recipient interviews N=4
Characteristic N % N % N % N % N % N %
Age (M±SD) 34.8±7.8 33.5±9.9 33.1±8.6 47.5±13.1 50.7±13.2 51.8± 12.6
Female biological sex 10 77 7 64 6 67 21 50 7 54 4 100
Race
  African American/Black 11 84 3 27 3 33 26 62 9 69 3 75
  Asian 1 8 1 9 1 11 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0
  White 1 8 4 36 5 56 11 26 3 23 -- 0
  Latinx 0 -- 3 27 -- 0 4 10 -- 0 -- 0
  More than 1 race 0 -- -- 0 -- 0 1 2 1 8 1 25
Highest level of education
  Less than high school diploma/GED (%) 0 -- -- 0 -- 0 11 26 3 23 1 25
  High school diploma/GED 1 8 -- 0 -- 0 10 24 2 15 -- 0
  Some college 0 -- -- 0 -- 0 18 43 6 46 2 50
  Associate’s degree 0 -- -- 0 -- 0 1 2 -- 0 -- 0
  Bachelor’s degree 4 31 7 64 4 44 -- 0 1 8 -- 0
  Master’s degree 8 61 4 36 5 56 2 5 1 8 1 25
Clinical diagnosis
  Schizophrenia spectrum 0 -- -- 0 -- 0 29 69 9 70 1 25
  Major depressive disorder 0 -- -- 0 -- 0 9 21 2 15 3 75
  Bipolar disorder 0 -- -- 0 -- 0 4 10 2 15 0 --
  Substance use disorder (lifetime, secondary) 0 -- -- 0 -- 0 6 14 2 15 0 --

Note. 42 of 54 VR-JIT recipients completed the acceptability survey. Six participants randomized to VR-JIT never used the tool. Twenty-eight VR-JIT recipients completed the usability items, which were added late to the study. VR-JIT recipients participated in the focus groups. Notably, six of 54 participants randomized to VR-JIT never used the tool and did not complete the acceptability and usability surveys and six of 48 participants who completed VR-JIT training did not complete the surveys.

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One VR-JIT recipient survey completer did not report education level.