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. 2021 Jul 27;23(7):e23029. doi: 10.2196/23029

Table 1.

Characteristics of participants included in this study (N=849).

Characteristic Intervention arm Attention control (n=284) Total (N=849)

EFIa + myCompass 2 (n=280) myCompass 2 alone (n=285)

Age category (years) , n (%)

18-25 30 (10.7) 24 (8.4) 25 (8.8) 79 (9.3)

26-35 55 (19.6) 50 (17.5) 54 (19) 159 (18.7)

36-45 84 (30) 79 (27.7) 84 (29.6) 247 (29.1)

46-55 68 (24.3) 86 (30.2) 60 (21.1) 214 (25.2)

56-65 35 (12.5) 39 (13.7) 44 (15.5) 118 (13.9)

≥66 8 (2.9) 7 (2.5) 17 (6) 32 (3.8)
Gender , n (%)

Male 57 (20.4) 61 (21.4) 68 (23.9) 186 (21.9)

Female 217 (77.5) 217 (76.1) 212 (74.6) 646 (76.1)

Other 4 (1.4) 2 (0.7) 2 (0.7) 8 (0.9)

Prefer not to answer 2 (0.7) 5 (1.8) 2 (0.7) 9 (1.1)
Highest level of education , n (%)

High school or less 52 (18.6) 49 (17.2) 54 (19) 155 (18.3)

Certificate or diploma 108 (38.6) 93 (32.6) 103 (36.3) 304 (35.8)

Bachelor’s degree 67 (23.9) 71 (24.9) 71 (25) 209 (24.6)

Postgraduate degree or diploma 51 (18.2) 72 (25.3) 55 (19.4) 178 (21)

Prefer not to answer 2 (0.7) 0 (0) 1 (0.4) 3 (0.4)
Employment , n (%)

Full-time 96 (34.3) 96 (33.7) 100 (35.2) 292 (34.4)

Part-time or casual 99 (35.4) 83 (29.1) 91 (32) 273 (32.2)

Unemployed 35 (12.5) 44 (15.4) 29 (10.2) 108 (12.7)

Not working (eg, study or maternity leave) 46 (16.4) 56 (19.6) 59 (20.8) 161 (19)

Prefer not to answer 4 (1.4) 6 (2.1) 5 (1.8) 15 (1.8)
Language , n (%)

English 272 (97.1) 275 (96.5) 273 (96.1) 820 (96.6)

English and other or other language only 8 (2.9) 10 (3.5) 11 (3.9) 29 (3.4)
Location , n (%)

Metropolitan 115 (41.1) 123 (43.2) 122 (43) 360 (42.4)

Regional 132 (47.1) 119 (41.8) 121 (42.6) 372 (43.8)

Rural or remote 32 (11.4) 42 (14.7) 41 (14.4) 115 (13.5)

Prefer not to answer 1 (0.4) 1 (0.4) 0 (0) 2 (0.2)
Symptom measures, mean (SD)

Anxiety (GAD-7b) 7.63 (3.42) 7.28 (3.27) 7.71 (3.37) 7.54 (3.36)

Depression (PHQ-9c) 9.82 (2.77) 9.64 (2.70) 9.49 (2.92) 9.65 (2.80)

General psychological distress (DQ5d) 14.50 (2.96) 14.39 (3.07) 14.42 (2.87) 14.44 (2.97)

Acceptability (UTAUTe) 14.49 (3.18) 14.42 (3.01) 14.91 (2.87) 14.61 (3.03)

Performance expectancy (UTAUT) 13.53 (2.67) 13.41 (2.67) 13.89 (2.70) 13.61 (2.69)

Effort expectancy (UTAUT) 10.66 (2.19) 10.67 (2.12) 10.54 (1.98) 10.62 (2.09)

Data security concerns (UTAUT) 7.48 (1.86) 7.30 (1.96) 7.37 (1.85) 7.38 (1.89)

Days out of role 3.04 (4.49) 4.14 (5.92) 3.62 (5.65) 3.61 (5.41)

Days cut down 9.01 (8.33) 9.51 (8.65) 7.60 (7.32) 8.71 (8.15)

Quality of life (EUROHIS-QOLf) 24.19 (5.15) 23.57 (5.13) 24.46 (5.68) 24.07 (5.33)

Suicidal ideation (PSFg) 0.96 (1.21) 0.95 (1.21) 0.84 (1.09) 0.92 (1.17)

aEFI: engagement facilitation intervention.

bGAD-7: Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 item.

cPHQ-9: Patient Health Questionnaire-9.

dDQ5: Distress Questionnaire-5.

eUTAUT: Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology.

fEUROHIS-QOL: European Health Interview Survey Quality of Life 8-item index.

gPSF: Psychiatric Symptom Frequency scale.