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. 2024 Dec 3;8:e66430. doi: 10.2196/66430

Table 1.

Demographic baseline characteristics of study participants.

Characteristic Total sample (N=102) Experimental group: psychedelic art (n=50) Control group: scenery (n=52)
Age (y), mean (SD) 24.5 (2.8) 24.6 (3.1) 24.4 (2.6)
Gender, n (%)

Woman 77 (75.5) 39 (78.0) 38 (73.1)

Man 21 (20.6) 9 (18.0) 12 (23.1)

Nonbinary 4 (3.9) 2 (4.0) 2 (3.8)

Prefer not to say 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Race, n (%)

American Indian or Alaska Native 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Asian 51 (50.0) 30 (60.0) 21 (40.4)

Black or African American 8 (7.8) 3 (6.0) 5 (9.6)

Multiracial 3 (2.9) 3 (6.0) 0 (0)

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Prefer not to say 7 (6.9) 1 (2.0) 6 (11.5)

White 33 (32.4) 13 (26.0) 20 (38.5)
Recent stress level, mean (SD) 3.4 (0.9) 3.5 (0.8) 3.3 (1.0)
Hours of sleep the night before the experiment, mean (SD) 6.9 (1.1) 7.1 (1.0) 6.8 (1.1)
Quality of sleep the night before the experiment, mean (SD) 3.5 (0.8) 3.5 (0.8) 3.5 (0.8)
Self-reported diagnosis of mental health condition, n (%)

0 condition 66 (64.7) 32 (64.0) 34 (65.4)

1 condition 18 (17.6) 9 (18.0) 9 (17.3)

2 conditions 11 (10.8) 6 (12.0) 5 (9.6)

3 conditions 7 (6.9) 3 (6.0) 4 (7.7)
Individuals with diagnosed mental health conditions, n (%)

Anxiety disorder 23 (22.5) 13 (26.0) 10 (19.2)

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder 16 (15.7) 10 (20.0) 6 (11.5)

Bipolar disorder 1 (1.0) 0 (0) 1 (1.9)

Depression 11 (10.8) 4 (8.0) 7 (13.5)

Eating disorder 3 (2.9) 1 (2.0) 2 (3.8)

Obsessive-compulsive disorder 4 (3.9) 2 (4.0) 2 (3.8)

Psychosis 1 (1.0) 0 (0) 1 (1.9)

Posttraumatic stress disorder 1 (1.0) 0 (0) 1 (1.9)

Schizophrenia 1 (1.0) 1 (2.0) 0 (0)