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. 2020 Oct 30;22(10):e16378. doi: 10.2196/16378

Table 4.

Effectiveness of the intervention in participating college students at the 1-month follow-up.

Scale Intervention (N=290), mean (SD) Control (N=288), mean (SD) Control vs intervention
P value
Univariate regression analysis
P value
(95% CI)

HKUa (n=98) HSUHKb (n=91) VTCc (n=101) HKU (n=117) HSUHK (n=92) VTC (n=79) HKU HSUHK VTC Total
GSEd 24.55 (5.57) 24.68 (4.85) 23.59 (5.88) 23.01 (4.71) 22.32 (5.14) 23.37 (5.87) .12e <.001e .53e <.001f .04
(−0.03 to −0.01)
RPSg 5.57 (0.99) 5.67 (1.01) 4.72 (1.55) 5.73 (1.09) 5.65 (1.13) 5.31 (1.23) .10e .97e .32e .12f .06
(0.02 to 0.09)
PHQ-2h 4.24 (1.41) 3.78 (1.34) 4.55 (1.52) 4.09 (1.31) 3.77 (1.15) 4.30 (1.51) .47e .80e .26e .19f .23
(−0.05 to 0.01)

aHKU: University of Hong Kong.

bHSUHK: Hang Seng University of Hong Kong.

cVTC: Vocational Training College.

dGSE: general self-efficacy scale.

eMann-Whitney U test is used to compare the statistical difference between groups within institutions.

fMann-Whitney U test is used to compare the statistical difference between groups overall.

gRPS: risk propensity scale.

hPHQ-2: Patient Health Questionnaire-2.