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. 2024 Mar 14;8:e50056. doi: 10.2196/50056

Table 2.

Pre- and postsession measures for the adapted and random number of questions conditions.


Adapted number of questions condition (n=25) Random number of questions condition (n=24) Between-condition comparison



Cliff delta P value
K6a

Presession measures, mean (SD) 4.08 (4.31) 4.38 (3.10) −0.07 .40

Postsession measures, mean (SD) 3.04 (4.19) 4.30 (3.17) −0.17 .04

Within-condition comparison, effect size r (P value) −0.49 (.01) −0.09 (.65) b
Mood score

Presession measures, mean (SD) 57.44 (22.30) 65.63 (20.76) −0.10 .23

Postsession measures, mean (SD) 46.12 (24.53) 57.92 (17.38) −0.11 .19

Within-condition comparison, effect size r (P value) −0.66 (.001) −0.44 (.03)
STAI-Sc

Presession measures, mean (SD) 41.40 (12.43) 40.75 (9.53) −0.01 .89

Postsession measures, mean (SD) 38.40 (10.46) 38.21 (10.27) 0.02 .85

Within-condition comparison, effect size r, (P value) −0.29 (.14) −0.39 (.05)
QIDSd

Presession measures, mean (SD) 5.00 (4.62) 4.83 (3.67) −0.03 .74
STAI-Te

Presession measures, mean (SD) 44.10 (12.5) 42.1 (10.8) 0.04 .65
Time spent (second), mean (SD) 494.96 (161.10) 661.40 (289.20) −0.10 .26
Number of questions, mean (SD) 4.76 (4.48) 8.83 (6.52) −0.17 .03

aK6: Kessler Psychological Distress Scale.

bNot available.

cSTAI-S: State–Trait Anxiety Inventory-State.

dQIDS: Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology.

eSTAI-T: State–Trait Anxiety Inventory-Trait.