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. 2014 May 30;16(5):e143. doi: 10.2196/jmir.3163

Table 1.

General characteristics and baseline health behaviors and well-being of adolescents for the intervention groups and control group (N=1256).

Characteristics E-health4Uth
n=392
E-health4Uth + consult
n=430
Control
n=434
P value




E-health4Uth vs control E-health4Uth + consult vs control
Number of school classes 27 26 25

Age (years), mean (SD) 15.84 (0.70) 15.95 (0.70) 15.79 (0.66) .28 <.001a
Gender, n (%)





Male 223 (56.9) 241 (56.0) 223 (51.4) .11 .17b

Female 169 (43.1) 189 (44.0) 211 (48.6)

Ethnicity, n (%)





Dutch 311 (79.3) 320 (74.4) 326 (75.1) .15 .81b

Non-Dutch 81 (20.7) 110 (25.6) 108 (24.9)

Educational level, n (%)





Vocational training 191 (48.7) 231 (53.7) 212 (48.8) .97 .15b

Preuniversity 201 (51.3) 199 (46.3) 222 (51.2)

Alcohol consumption





5 or more drinks on 1 occasion in the past 4 weeks, n (%)




0 times 255 (65.1) 272 (63.4) 292 (67.6) .48c .20c


1 times 962 (15.8) 69 (16.1) 62 (14.4)



2 times 36 (9.2) 36 (8.4) 34 (7.9)



3-4 times 22 (5.6) 35 (8.2) 29 (6.7)



5 or more times 17 (4.3) 17 (4.0) 15 (3.5)


Have been drunk or tipsy in the past 4 weeks, n (%)




0 times 290 (74.0) 318 (74.1) 333 (77.1) .28c .30c


1 times 54 (13.8) 60 (14.0) 53 (12.3)



2 times 21 (5.4) 22 (5.1) 24 (5.6)



3 or more times 27 (6.9) 29 (6.8) 22 (5.1)

Smoking, n (%)





No 329 (83.9) 352 (82.1) 352 (81.5) .39c .92c

Less than once a week 13 (3.3) 16 (3.7) 19 (4.4)


At least once a week, but not every day 15 (3.8) 14 (3.3) 20 (4.6)


Every day 35 (8.9) 47 (11.0) 41 (9.5)

Drug use (past 4 weeks), n (%)


0 times 274 (95.4) 402 (93.7) 397 (91.9) .04b .31b

1 or more times 18 (4.6) 27 (6.3) 35 (8.1)

Condom use during intercourse (n=324), n (%)

Always 52 (53.1) 68 (52.3) 49 (51.0) .50c .55c

Usually 21 (21.4) 25 (19.2) 15 (15.6)


Sometimes/almost never 14 (14.3) 25 (19.2) 18 (18.8)


Never 11 (11.2) 12 (9.2) 14.6 (14)

Well-being, mean (SD) d





SDQ score 10.06 (5.57) 9.75 (5.14) 9.91 (5.32) .69a .67a

CHQ-CF-GH4 score 71.39 (17.87) 71.62 (18.49) 73.67 (17.78) .07a .10a

aIndependent-samples t test.

bChi-square test.

cMann-Whitney U test.

dSDQ: Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (higher score indicates more mental health problems; range 0-40); CHQ-CF-GH4: Child Health Questionnaire-Child Form-General Health (higher score indicates a better health-related quality of life; range 0-100).