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. 2024 Oct 18;26:e60502. doi: 10.2196/60502

Table 1.

Participant characteristics.


Entire sample (N=33,492) Anxiety sample (baseline GAD-7a ≥8) (N=30,006) Depression sample (baseline PHQ-9b ≥10) (N=22,070)
Age (years), mean (SD) 33.67 (9.51) 33.60 (9.44) 33.59 (9.65)
Gender, n (%)

Female 21,217 (63.35) 19,061 (63.52) 13,945 (63.19)

Male 10,547 (31.49) 9385 (31.28) 6929 (31.40)

Nonbinary 295 (0.88) 264 (0.88) 236 (1.07)

Other 262 (0.78) 229 (0.76) 191 (0.87)

Missing/unknown 1171 (3.50) 1067 (3.56) 769 (3.48)
Race and ethnicity, n (%)

Asian or Pacific Islander 5401 (16.13) 4867 (16.22) 3417 (15.48)

Black or African American 3026 (9.03) 2704 (9.01) 2169 (9.83)

Hispanic or Latino 3709 (11.07) 3335 (11.11) 2638 (11.95)

Multiple 2687 (8.02) 2392 (7.97) 1837 (8.32)

Other 683 (2.04) 633 (2.11) 452 (2.05)

White 17,347 (51.79) 15,506 (51.68) 11,131 (50.43)

Prefer not to disclose/missing 639 (1.91) 569 (1.90) 426 (1.93)
Baseline GAD-7 severity, n (%)

Minimal (0-4) 918 (2.74) N/Ac 918 (4.16)

Mild/below clinical cutoff (5-7)d 2568 (7.67) N/Ac 2568 (11.64)

Mild/above clinical cutoff (8-9)d 6296 (18.8) 6296 (20.98) 2531 (11.47)

Moderate (10-14) 13,298 (39.71) 13,298 (44.32) 7684 (34.82)

Severe (15-21) 10,412 (31.09) 10,412 (34.70) 8369 (37.92)
Baseline PHQ-9 severity, n (%)

Minimal (0-4) 2748 (8.20) 2748 (9.16) N/A

Mild (5-9) 8674 (25.90) 8674 (28.91) N/A

Moderate (10-14) 11,977 (35.76) 9430 (31.43) 11,977 (54.27)

Moderately severe (15-19) 6996 (20.89) 6196 (20.65) 6996 (31.70)

Severe (20-27) 3097 (9.25) 2958 (9.86) 3097 (14.03)
Baseline GAD-7, mean (SD) 12.28 (4.26) 13.08 (3.70) 12.67 (4.71)
Baseline PHQ-9, mean (SD) 11.85 (5.35) 11.71 (5.54) 14.80 (3.91)
Final GAD-7, mean (SD) 6.04 (4.46) 6.25 (4.51) 6.44 (4.69)
Final PHQ-9, mean (SD) 5.82 (4.93) 5.83 (4.98) 6.89 (5.21)
Treatment duration in weeks, median (IQR) 8.00 (4.00-12.71) 8.00 (4.00-12.57) 7.86 (3.86-12.43)

aGAD-7: Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale.

bPHQ-9: Patient Health Questionnaire 9-item scale.

cN/A: not applicable; no participants scored in this range within the participant subsample.

dTo be included in the anxiety sample, clients were required to have a GAD-7 score above the clinical cutoff of 8 or higher. The mild severity category was therefore split to distinguish between those above and below the clinical cutoff.