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. 2020 Oct 20;6(2):e21639. doi: 10.2196/21639

Table 2.

Demographics of participants.

Demographic Phase 1–Inspiration Phase 2–Ideation Phase 3–Implementation

Focus groups (n=11) Interviews (n=6) Focus groups (n=12a) Interviews (n=10)
Female gender, n (%) 8 (73) 5 (83) 8 (67) 8 (80)
Age, (years), median (range) 41 (22-83) 34 (21-64) 41 (23-83) 25 (36-52)
Race, n (%)

Black 4 (36) 2 (33) 4 (33) 0 (0)

Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (8) 0 (0)

White 4 (36) 2 (33) 6 (50) 10 (100)

Multiracial 2 (18) 0 (0) 1 (8) 0 (0)

Other 1 (9) 2 (33) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Hispanic ethnicity 1 (9) 2 (33) 2 (17) 0 (0)
Insuranceb, n (%)

Employer-sponsored 9 (82) 3 (50) 9 (75) 8 (80)

Marketplace 1 (9) 1 (17) 1 (8) 0 (0)

Medicaid 0 (0) 2 (33) 1 (8) 2 (20)

Medicare 2 (18) 0 (0) 2 (17) 0 (0)
Highest education, n (%)

High school 0 (0) 3 (50) 0 (0) 3 (30)

College degree 4 (36) 3 (50) 6 (50) 4 (40)

Graduate degree 7 (64) 0 (0) 9 (50) 3 (30)
Computer or smartphone use, n (%)

Every day 11 (100) 5 (83) 11 (92) 10 (100)

A few times per week or month 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Occasionally 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (8) 0 (0)

Never 0 (0) 1 (17) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Type of IBDc, n (%)

Crohn disease 8 (36) 4 (67) 9 (75) 7 (70)

Ulcerative colitis 3 (27) 2 (33) 3 (25) 3 (30)
Disease duration (years), median (range) 15 (2-39) 12.5 (1-22) 17.5 (2-39) 19 (2-36)

a10 participated in phase 1 and phase 2.

bMultiple answers may apply.

cIBD: inflammatory bowel disease.