Table 2.
Mean number and duration of telephone calls received.
| Telephone call characteristics | Add-on STSa (n=50) | Control (n=50) |
| Proportion of patients who received calls, n (%)b | 44 (88) | 5 (10) |
| Number of calls per patient, mean (SD), rangeb | 4.63 (3.58), 0-11 | 0.32 (0.99), 0-5 |
| Average duration of calls (minutes), mean (SD)b | 13.09 (5.25) | 6.20 (2.17) |
| Cumulative duration of calls (minutes), mean (SD), rangeb | 73.37 (48.95), 5-165 | 1.95 (6.11), 0-30 |
| Assessed average therapist time (minutes), nc | 132 | 55 |
aSTS: scheduled telephone support.
bMissing values for 9 patients in each group.
cIn addition to contact time itself, STS takes approximately 4 more minutes for preparation of the call and additional documentation, resulting in a total of 77 additional minutes for STS intervention vs HUS-iCBT as usual.