Table 7.
Participants’ engagement with content based on their reported reasons for their change in motivationa.
| Domain and categories | Felt ready to leave treatment early (n=5)a,b | Negative reason for their change in motivation (n=8)a,b,c | |
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Useful tools and exercises | Typical | General |
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Reflecting back on completed work was beneficial | Typical | Variant |
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Content relevant and relatable to concerns | Typical | Variant |
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Manageable workload | Variant | Variant |
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Reading and writing provided clarity | Variant | Variant |
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Writing about thoughts and feelings felt therapeutic | Typical | Variant |
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Felt supported by the program content | Typical | Variant |
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Information laid out clearly and concisely | Variant | Variant |
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Felt like too much work | Variant | Variant |
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Disliked reading and writing | Variant | Variant |
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Content was too generic at times | Variant | Variant |
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Did not like the personal stories | Variant | Variant |
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Content was boring | None | Variant |
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Content exacerbated symptoms | None | Variant |
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Reflecting of no benefit | None | Variant |
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Difficult to understand | None | Variant |
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Questionnaires felt pointless | None | Variant |
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Did not like the mood monitor | Variant | None |
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Content felt disconnected from one section to the next | None | Variant |
aGeneral results apply to all cases (ie, 5/5 and 8/8 cases), typical results apply to at least half of the cases (ie, 3-4 of 5 and 5-7 of 8 cases), and variant results apply to fewer than half of the cases (ie, 1-2 of 5 and 1-4 of 8 cases).
bOnly 13 participants (5/13, 38% participants felt ready to leave treatment early, and 8/13, 62% participants had negative reasons for their change in motivation) reported on the reasons for their change in motivation.
cReported negative reasons for change in motivation to continue engaging with treatment are not being in a receptive frame of mind, contextual obstacles, and internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy not considered personally fitting.