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. 2024 Dec 18;7:361. doi: 10.1038/s41746-024-01360-w

Table 2.

Overview Feature Groups

Name Description Key Aspects #
Simple Questionnaire Primary symptom scores (WCS)58 at screening and baseline Assumed low predictive power27,30,32,57, available before intervention start 2
Extended Questionnaire Variety of self-report questionnaires incl. WCS58 and further eating disorder67,68, depression69, and anxiety70 symptoms and behavior patterns, personality71, self-regulation72 and self-esteem scores73, psychiatric and weight loss history, alcohol use74, socio-demographic information, and user expectations. Assumed low predictive power27,30,32,57, theoretically available before intervention start but with high time-invest from users 51
Simple User Online Behavior Sum of logins per day of the first week Assumed high predictive power28,30, very simple to obtain 7
Selected User Online Behavior Single aggregation for the first week of time to complete sessions, seconds spent, number of logins, number and length of answers, diary entries and messages to coaches and group chat Assumed high predictive power12,13,27,31 with effort into researching and choosing most promising options and aggregation measures 13
Extended User Online Behavior Variables from log files aggregated per day of the first week, incl. sessions completed, seconds spent, log ins, time spent in beginning/mid/end of the week and morning/day/evening, session completion, count and number of characters of diaries, group, and coach messages, exercises, answers to the sixteen most common closed questions as mean, min and max High predictive power but possible loss due to complexity12,31,38, automatically collected during first week of intervention with limited time invest 129
Mixed Features Extended questionnaire + selected user online behavior Mixed, with reported increase of predictive value27 64