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. 2017 Jun 9;19(6):e206. doi: 10.2196/jmir.7367

Table 2.

Relative frequencies of reliable improvement of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), pre-post change on the PHQ-9 (effect sizes) and adherence by patient group of early change.

Sample
Outcome Adherence
n Reliable improvement
on PHQ-9a
n (%)
Pre-post ESb on PHQ-9
(d) (95% CI)
Usage time (in hours)
mean (SDc)
Number of modules of the Web intervention
mean (SD)
Number of assessmentsd
mean (SD)
All patients 409 221 (54) 1.12 (0.94-1.30) 7.89 (4.81) 9.10 (4.38) 2.52 (1.25)
Class 1e 158 99 (62) 1.63 (1.39-1.86) 8.36 (4.08) 9.84 (3.90) 2.80 (1.16)
Class 2f 185 104 (56) 1.25 (1.04-1.47) 7.32 (4.69) 8.64 (4.52) 2.37 (1.25)
Class 3g 66 18 (27) −0.47 (−1.05 to 0.12) 8.33 (6.39) 8.65 (4.85) 2.27 (1.36)
P value
<.001h <.001i .10i .03i <.001i

aPHQ-9: Patient Health Questionnaire-9.

bES: effect size.

cSD: standard deviation.

dNumber of assessments: Number of PHQ-9s after week 4.

eClass 1: Early response after registration.

fClass 2: Early response after screening.

gClass 3: Early deterioration.

hχ2 tests were performed, testing the association between class membership and categorized treatment outcome.

i1-way analysis of variances (ANOVAs) were performed, testing the association between class membership and mean d for pre-post change, usage time, number of modules of the Web intervention, and number of assessments.