Table 3.

Preferences for and concerns regarding treatment modality

Theme and subthemes	Percent of sample endorsed (n)
Theme 1: relative effectiveness questions and concerns	62.8% (103)
Questions about relative treatment outcome	50.6% (83)
Adherence and self-efficacy to complete self-guided treatment	22.0% (36)
Lack of professional monitoring	4.3% (7)
Theme 2: access barriers	31.7% (52)
Theme 3: skepticism of self-guided therapy	12.8% (21)
Not personalized enough	4.3% (7)
Concerns about safety of self-guided	6.1% (10)
Skepticism or mistrust about app developers	2.4% (4)
Theme 4: social anxiety	12.8% (21)
Unease with video chat	7.3% (12)
Unease with in-person therapy	6.7% (11)
Theme 5: preference for in-person treatment	13.4% (22)
Theme 6: concerns of confidentiality or privacy	15.2% (25)
Concern with lack of confidentiality/privacy for in-person therapy	3.0% (5)
Concern with lack of confidentiality/privacy for online therapy	12.2% (20)
Theme 7: concerns with peer support	16.2% (19)*
Skepticism that peers are effective or well-trained	13.7% (16)*
Lack of trust or comfort with peers	4.3% (5)*

All other calculations are based on the entire sample (N = 164).

*A subset of the sample (n = 117) received supplemental options about peer-support