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 |