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. 2024 May 10;11:e54007. doi: 10.2196/54007

Table 2.

Impact of Mental Health Checkup (MHC) app on veteran self-management and engagement (n=268).


Total, n (%) Duration of MHC use P value


Less than 3 months, n (%) 3 months or longer, n (%)
Overall satisfaction with MHC (n=262) .22

Satisfied/strongly satisfied 189 (72.1) 65 (67.7) 124 (74.7)

Neutral/somewhat dissatisfied/very dissatisfied 73 (27.9) 31 (32.3) 42 (25.3)
Using MHC has helped with improving health and health care engagement (n=262) .03

Agree/strongly agree 169 (64.5) 55 (56.1) 114 (69.5)

Neutral/disagree/strongly disagree 93 (35.5) 43 (43.9) 50 (30.5)
Understanding of one’s health condition (n=262) .02

Agree/strongly agree 171 (65.3) 55 (56.1) 116 (70.7)

Neutral/disagree/strongly disagree 91 (34.7) 43 (43.9) 48 (29.3)
Health management (n=262) .01

Agree/strongly agree 154 (58.8) 48 (49) 106 (64.6)

Neutral/disagree/strongly disagree 108 (41.2) 50 (51) 58 (35.4)
Health-related goal-setting (n=262) .06

Agree/strongly agree 156 (59.5) 51 (52) 105 (64)

Neutral/disagree/strongly disagree 106 (40.5) 47 (48) 59 (36)
Health-related goal-achievement (n=262) .03

Agree/strongly agree 133 (50.8) 41 (41.8) 92 (56.1)

Neutral/disagree/strongly disagree 129 (49.2) 57 (58.2) 72 (43.9)
Completion of assessments (n=262) .50

Agree/strongly agree 196 (74.8) 71 (72.4) 125 (76.2)

Neutral/disagree/strongly disagree 66 (25.2) 27 (27.6) 39 (23.8)
More frequently completing assessments (n=262) .10

Agree/strongly agree 174 (66.4) 59 (60.2) 115 (70.1)

Neutral/disagree/strongly disagree 88 (33.6) 39 (39.8) 49 (29.9)
Improving VHAa mental health care (n=261) .007

Agree/strongly agree 145 (55.6) 44 (44.9) 101 (62)

Neutral/disagree/strongly disagree 116 (44.4) 54 (55.1) 62 (38)

aVHA: Veterans Health Administration.