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. 2021 Jul 14;23(7):e23683. doi: 10.2196/23683

Table 1.

Participant demographic data.a

Characteristic Total (N=206) Immersive animation (n=72) Text (n=65) Control (n=69) P value difference across conditions
Age (years), mean (SD) 21.76 (5.04) 21.57 (4.18) 21.95 (6.31) 21.77 (4.55) .91
Gender, n (%) .68

Female 114 (55.3) 38 (52.8) 35 (53.8) 41 (59.4)

Male 91 (44.2) 33 (45.8) 30 (46.2) 28 (40.6)

Others 1 (0.5) 1 (1.4) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Education, n (%) .37

High school 6 (2.9) 1 (1.4) 1 (1.5) 4 (5.8)

Bachelor’s degree 166 (80.6) 60 (83.3) 54 (83.1) 52 (75.4)

Master’s degree 27 (13.1) 10 (13.9) 7 (10.8) 10 (14.5)

PhD 2 (1.0) 1 (1.4) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.4)

Others 5 (2.4) 0 (0.0) 3 (4.6) 2 (2.9)
Faculty, n (%) .93

Arts 25 (12.1) 9 (12.5) 8 (12.3) 8 (11.6)

Business 51 (24.8) 17 (23.6) 17 (26.2) 17 (24.6)

Education 14 (6.8) 7 (9.7) 4 (6.2) 3 (4.3)

Engineering 16 (7.8) 5 (6.9) 5 (7.7) 6 (8.7)

Law 2 (1.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.5) 1 (1.4)

Medicine 25 (12.1) 5 (6.9) 11 (16.9) 9 (13.0)

Science 27 (13.1) 12 (16.7) 6 (9.2) 9 (13.0)

Social science 44 (21.4) 16 (22.2) 12 (18.5) 16 (23.2)

Others 2 (1.0) 1 (1.4) 1 (1.5) 0 (0.0)
Occupation, n (%) .29

Student 173 (84.0) 63 (87.5) 57 (87.7) 53 (76.8)

Full-time employment 29 (14.1) 8 (11.1) 7 (10.8) 14 (20.3)

Others 4 (1.9) 1 (1.4) 1 (1.5) 2 (2.9)
Sexual orientation, n (%) .68

Heterosexual 183 (88.8) 66 (91.7) 58 (89.2) 59 (85.5)

Homosexual 11 (5.3) 3 (4.2) 4 (6.2) 4 (5.8)

Bisexual 7 (3.4) 2 (2.8) 2 (3.1) 3 (4.3)

Others 5 (2.4) 1 (1.4) 1 (1.5) 3 (4.3)
Religious belief, n (%) .15

No religious belief 153 (74.3) 47 (65.3) 53 (81.5) 53 (76.8)

Christian 43 (20.9) 22 (30.6) 9 (13.8) 12 (17.4)

Others 10 (4.9) 3 (4.2) 3 (4.6) 4 (5.8)
Marital status, n (%) .42

Single 198 (96.1) 68 (94.4) 62 (95.4) 68 (98.6)

Married 8 (3.9) 4 (5.6) 3 (4.6) 1 (1.4)
Mental illness history, n (%) .46

Yes 8 (3.9) 4 (5.6) 1 (1.5) 3 (4.3)

No 198 (96.1) 68 (94.4) 64 (98.5) 66 (95.7)
Social contact with people with MADDb, n (%) .64

Yes 92 (44.7) 29 (40.3) 31 (47.7) 32 (46.4)

No 114 (55.3) 43 (59.7) 34 (52.3) 37 (53.6)

aAll percentages may not total to 100% due to rounding.

bMADD: mixed anxiety and depressive disorder.