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. 2021 May 14;23(5):e26883. doi: 10.2196/26883

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the full sample and follow-up sample.

Characteristics cCBTa + TAUb group (n=126) TAU group (n=126) Difference (95% CI) t test (df) Chi-square (df) P value Cohen d or φ
The full sample

Patients, n 126 126 N/Ac N/A N/A N/A N/A

Sex, n N/A N/A 1.65 (1) .20 0.08d


Male 70 80






Female 56 46





Age (years), mean (SD) 43.76 (14.31) 41.52 (11.51) 2.24 (–0.98 to 5.46) 1.37 (250) N/A .17 0.17

Education (years), mean (SD) 10.68 (3.91) 10.67 (4.39) 0.02 (–1.01 to 1.05) 0.03 (250) N/A .98 <0.01

Site, n

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A


Affiliated Tongji Hospital of Huazhong University of Science and Technology 20 19






Wuhan Institute for Tuberculosis Control 13 9






Central Hospital of Chongqing Three Gorges 26 25






Chongqing Public Health Medical Center 55 57






The Fourth People's Hospital of Taiyuan 12 16




Follow-up sample

Patients, n 51 50 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Sex, n N/A N/A 0.11 (1) .74 0.03d


Male 31 32






Female 20 18





Age (years), mean (SD) 42.26 (12.66) 42.10 (10.58) 0.16 (–4.41 to 4.74) 0.07 (99) N/A .94 0.01

Education (years), mean (SD) 10.57 (4.21) 10.72 (4.79) –0.15 (–1.92 to 1.61) –0.17 (99) N/A .86 –0.03

acCBT: computerized cognitive behavioral therapy.

bTAU: treatment as usual.

cN/A: not applicable.

dIndicates a φ value.