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. 2018 Jun 6;20(6):e199. doi: 10.2196/jmir.9275

Table 2.

Uptake and usage data.

Publication Intervention (data collection period) Registrations/downloads (time period in months) Average registrations /downloads per month At least minimal use Moderate use Completion or sustained use
Christensen et al (2002) [24]a MoodGYM Mark I
(Apr 2001 to Sep 2001)
2909 (6) 485 51.7% completed at least one depression assessment 16% completed at least two depression assessments Not stated
Christensen et al (2004) [25] MoodGYM Mark I
(Apr 2001 to Sep 2003)
19,607 (30) 654 62% completed at least one depression assessment 15.6% completed two or more modules 0.5% completed a noncompulsory assessment at beginning of the last module
Christensen et al (2006) [26] MoodGYM Mark II
(Sep 2003 to Oct 2004)
38,791 (14) 2,770 69% completed at least one depression assessment Less than 7% progressed beyond two modules Not stated
Batterham et al (2008) [27]b MoodGYM Mark II
(Jan 2006 to Apr 2007)
82,159 (16) 5135 37% completed one or more modules 10% completed 2 or more modules Not stated
Neil et al (2009) [28] MoodGYM Mark II
(Jan 2006 to Nov 2007—adolescents)
7207 (23) 313 40.6% completed one or more modules 11.1% completed 2 or more modules 2.8% completed all 5 modules
Al-Asadi et al (2014) [18] Anxiety Online
(Oct 2009 to Jan 2012)
9394 persons completed assessmentc (28) 336 33.1% accepted and commenced self-help programd Not stated 3.7% of those who completed the first assessment also completed the post-treatment assessment
Lara et al (2014) [29] HDep
(Mar 2009 to Apr 2013)
17,318 persons registered and entered site at least twicee (50) 346 71.4% completed the first module 10% of users did module 4 (users could miss modules, so may not have completed 4) Not stated
Menzies et al (2016) [19] CBTPsych
(Aug 2011 to Mar 2014)
267 (32) 8 88% logged on at least once 39% completed 4 or more modules 19.5% completed all 7 modules
Owen et al (2015) [20] PTSD Coach
(Mar 2011 to June 2014)
153,834 (36) 4273 61.1% returned to use the app after the day it was installed 52.1% continued to use app 1 week after installation; 41.6% continued to used app 1 month after installation No specific completion point; however, 28.6% continued to use the app after 3 months, 19.4% continued after 6 months, and 10.6% after 1 year
Lattie et al (2016) [30] Intellicare Apps
(Sep 2014 to Oct 2015)

5210 (13) 401 84.1% of downloaded apps were launched at least once; between 38.7% and 70.2% of users used apps for at least one day Between 4.7% and 35.7% (depending on specific app) of active users used the app on 10 or more occasions; between 13.1% and 23.3% used the app for 28 or more days Not stated
Carpenter et al (2016) [23] Happify
(Dec 2014 to May 2016)
Total downloads not reported. 720,952 persons completed an assessment (18)f 40,053 21.2% of those who had completed an assessment at registration completed at least one more assessmentf 20.6% also completed an assessment at 2 weeks, 7.2% completed an assessment at 4 weeksf 3.5% completed an assessment at 6 weeks, 2.1% completed an assessment at 8 weeks

aThe timeframe covered in this study is a subset of that reported by Christensen et al [25] for the same intervention, but the 2002 study reports some data that are not reported in the 2004 study.

bThe timeframe reported in this study is a subset of that reported by Neil et al [28] for the same intervention. However, this study reports data for all registrants, whereas Neil et al’s [28] study only reports data for adolescent users.

cPersons (n=9394) completed an online assessment and were then offered an online self-help or therapist-assisted program. No other indications of registration are reported.

dPersons (n=3107) selected and commenced an online self-help program; they did not formally withdraw and were not recorded as “in progress” at the time of the publication.

eNo other registration data were reported.

fAssessments were not compulsory.