Table 2.
Baseline sociodemographic and medical sample characteristics (n=218).
| Variable | Interventiona (n=99) | Controlb (n=119) | |||
| Age (years), mean (SD; range) | 55 (11; 20-77) | 58 (10; 35-76) | |||
| Sex, n (%) | |||||
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Female | 65 (65.7) | 67 (56.3) | ||
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Male | 34 (34.3) | 52 (43.7) | ||
| Cancer type, n (%) | |||||
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Breast | 38 (38.4) | 36 (30.3) | ||
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Hematological | 27 (27.3) | 34 (28.6) | ||
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Lung | 9 (9.1) | 12 (10.1) | ||
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Urogenital | 6 (6.1) | 14 (11.8) | ||
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Gastrointestinal | 7 (7.1) | 11 (9.2) | ||
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Head-neck | 3 (3) | 4 (3.4) | ||
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Gynecologic | 3 (3.0) | 3 (2.5) | ||
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Other | 6 (6.1) | 5 (4.2) | ||
| Relapse, n (%) | 7 (7.1) | 12 (10.1) | |||
| Time (months) since cancer diagnosis, mean (SD) | 25 (18) | 24 (16) | |||
| Psychotherapeutic support during study participation, n (%) | 15 (15.2) | 17 (14.3) | |||
| Digital therapeutic use before study, n (%) | 15 (15.2) | 14 (11.8) | |||
| NCCN Distress Thermometer≥5c, n (%) | 71 (71.8) | 86 (72.3) | |||
| Anxiety (HADS-A)≥8d, n (%) | 56 (56.7) | 67 (56.3) | |||
| Depression (HADS-D)≥8e, n (%) | 42 (42.4) | 41 (34.5) | |||
| Exclusion in per-protocol analysisf, n (%) | 49 (49.5) | 45 (40.9) | |||
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Psychotherapeutic support during study | 15 (15.2) | 17 (14.3) | ||
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Prior use of investigated digital therapeutic | 15 (15.2) | 28 (23.5) | ||
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Missing questionnaire | 5 (5.1) | 5 (4.2) | ||
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Digital therapeutic was not used up until the 5- to 9-week period | 17 (17.2) | N/A | ||
aIntervention=12-week access to digital therapeutic app intervention+usual care.
bControl=usual care.
cNCCN Distress Thermometer: National Comprehensive Cancer Network Distress Thermometer (at baseline, clinically significant level of distress≥5).
dHADS-A: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, anxiety subscale (German version, at baseline, cutoff score ≥8).
eHADS-D: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, depression subscale (German version, at baseline, cutoff score ≥8).
fMultiple reasons are possible within 1 patient, and cases do not add up to the total number.