Table 2.
The pre-determined form used to code the selected studies.
| Reference | Authors’ names, research group (including the department, organization, and country), and the year published |
| Sample | Number of participants, age of participants (either mean and standard deviation, range, or percentage of young people), percentage of female participants, population targeted (ie, mental health status or risk profile) |
| Study design | Qualitative or quantitative (cross-sectional, quasi-experimental, longitudinal, RCT) |
| Program | Type of online mental health services examined (eg, information website, discussion forums, screening tool, online therapy) |
| Outcome | Outcomes studied (ie, mental health or help-seeking outcomes, user satisfaction, economic evaluation), the measures used to assess the outcome, and summary statistics reported |