Table 2. Use of mental health apps.
| Variable | Have you ever used a mental health app? | Would you prefer to use a mental health app to seeing a mental health professional, if you were experiencing a mental health condition? | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | Maybe/No | N | P | Yes | Unsure/No | N | P | ||
| Gender | 0.03 | – | |||||||
| Male | 4.4 | 95.6 | 180 | 7.1 | 92.9 | 179 | |||
| Female | 9.5 | 90.5 | 382 | 10.6 | 89.4 | 380 | |||
| Race/ethnicity | – | 0.03 | |||||||
| White | 8.7 | 91.3 | 389 | 7.3 | 92.7 | 386 | |||
| Non-White | 5.1 | 94.9 | 179 | 11.9 | 88.1 | 179 | |||
| Age | – | – | |||||||
| 18–22 | 8.4 | 91.6 | 369 | 10.2 | 89.8 | 366 | |||
| 23+ | 5.3 | 94.7 | 204 | 6.7 | 93.3 | 204 | |||
| Student type | – | – | |||||||
| Undergraduate | 7.0 | 93.0 | 361 | 8.4 | 91.6 | 359 | |||
| Graduate | 7.6 | 92.4 | 199 | 9.2 | 90.8 | 199 | |||
| Mental health screen | – | – | |||||||
| Positive | 9.4 | 90.6 | 252 | 9.5 | 90.5 | 250 | |||
| Negative | 5.7 | 94.3 | 321 | 8.6 | 91.4 | 320 | |||
| Previous mental health diagnosis | <0.001 | – | |||||||
| Yes | 13.6 | 86.4 | 194 | 7.6 | 92.4 | 193 | |||
| No | 4.2 | 95.8 | 351 | 9.6 | 90.4 | 349 | |||
| Received mental health services in past 12 months | <0.001 | 0.004 | |||||||
| Yes | 18.0 | 82.0 | 165 | 4.3 | 95.7 | 164 | |||
| No | 3.5 | 96.5 | 407 | 10.7 | 89.3 | 405 | |||
Refer to Table S1 for question display criteria and operationalization of variables. Table percentages are of the weighted sample.