Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of participants who used the optimized UI and the basic UI respectively.
| Variable | Optimized UI (N = 198) |
Basic UI (N = 198) |
Total (N = 396) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female gender, n (%) | 176 (89%) | 176 (89%) | 352 (89%) |
| Age, mean (SD) [range] | 40 (12) [18–79] | 40 (13) [17–74] | 40 (13) [17–79] |
| In a relationship, n (%) | 126 (64%) | 120 (61%) | 246 (62%) |
| Occupational status, n (%) | |||
| Employed full time | 105 (53%) | 95 (48%) | 200 (51%) |
| Employed part-time | 19 (10%) | 22 (11%) | 41 (10%) |
| Student | 37 (19%) | 31 (16%) | 68 (17%) |
| Parental leave | 2 (1%) | 5 (3%) | 7 (2%) |
| Unemployed | 16 (8%) | 18 (9%) | 34 (9%) |
| Long-term sick leave | 7 (4%) | 14 (7%) | 21 (5%) |
| Retired | 12 (6%) | 13 (7%) | 25 (6%) |
| Education, n (%) | |||
| Primary school | 3 (2%) | 4 (2%) | 7 (2%) |
| Secondary school | 40 (20%) | 38 (19%) | 78 (20%) |
| University | 155 (78%) | 156 (79%) | 311 (79%) |
| Possible major depression PHQ-2 ≥ 3, n (%) | 123 (62%) | 112 (57%) | 235 (59%) |
| Possible generalized anxiety GAD-2 ≥ 3, n (%) | 125 (63%) | 111 (56%) | 236 (60%) |
| Concurrent possible depression and anxiety, n (%) | 100 (51%) | 80 (40%) | 180 (45%) |
| Either possible depression, anxiety, or both, n (%) | 148 (75%) | 143 (72%) | 291 (73%) |
UI, user interface; SD, standard deviation; PHQ-2, Patient Health Questionnaire-2; GAD-2, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-2. There were no significant differences between participants who used the different UIs on any baseline characteristic when testing with t-tests for continuous data and chi-square tests for categorical data.