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. 2026 Feb 11;28:e82686. doi: 10.2196/82686

Table 2.

Subgroup analyses examining the influence of text representation, annotation source, model architecture, and text source on model performance in text-based depression estimation.

Moderators Models, n (%) Point estimation (95% CI) Q-value (df) P value
Text representation 15 (100) a 16.472 (1) <.001

Embedding-based 5 (33.3) 0.741 (0.648-0.812) a <.001

Traditional features 10 (66.7) 0.514 (0.385-0.623) —* <.001
Annotation source 15 (100) a 4.996 (1) .03

Clinician diagnosis 8 (53.3) 0.688 (0.554-0.787) a <.001

Self-report scale 7 (46.7) 0.500 (0.340-0.631) a <.001
Model architecture 15 (100) a 22.595 (1) <.001

Deep 6 (40) 0.731 (0.660-0.789) a <.001

Shallow 9 (60) 0.486 (0.352-0.599) a <.001
Text source 15 (100) a 3.003 (1) .08

Documentation 8 (53.3) 0.529 (0.381-0.650) a <.001

Transcribed speech 7 (46.7) 0.687 (0.521-0.803) a <.001

aNot applicable.