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. 2021 Dec 14;8(12):e34170. doi: 10.2196/34170

Table 1.

Basic characteristics of the included studies (N=31).a

Parameter Total, n (%) References
Study design

Qualitative 10 (32) [12,15,16,18,21-23,39,50,51]

Survey 9 (29) [5,13,14,17,40,43,45,48,49]

Mixed method 4 (13) [20,46,47,55]

Descriptive 2 (6) [53,54]

Cohort 2 (6) [41,52]

Intervention 4 (13) [19,42,44,56]

Randomized controlled trial 1 (3) [44]
Publication year

2012-2014 1 (3) [44]

2015-2017 6 (19) [13,15,19,39,47,56]

2018-2020 18 (58) [5,14,16-18,20-22,40-43,45,46,49,52-54]

2021 and onwards 6 (19) [12,23,48,50,51,55]
Country

Australia 1 (3) [21]

Canada 3 (10) [20,45,56]

Netherlands 1 (3) [23]

Norway 3 (1) [5]

Sweden 5 (16) [14,16,17,50,55]

United Kingdom 2 (6) [47,51]

United States 8 (58) [12,13,15,18,19,22,39-44,46,48,49,52-54]
Study participants

Service users 17 (55) [19,23,39-41,43-49,51-54,56]

Veterans 5 (16) [39-41,43,52]

Health care professionals 16 (53) [5,13-23,42,53-55]

Relatives 1 (3) [45]

Policy stakeholders 2 (6) [12,50]
Treatment setting

Inpatient 11 (35) [5,14,16,17,23,45,47,50,52,55,56]

Outpatient 29 (94) [5,13-23,39-50,52-56]

Not applicable 1 (3) [51]
Clinical field

Psychotherapy 4 (13) [18,46,53,54]

Psychiatry 13 (42) [5,14,16,17,19,20,23,45,47,48,50,55,56]

Veterans Affairs Mental Health 9 (29) [13,15,22,39-43,52]

Somatic (General practitioner, Primary Care and other) 6 (19) [5,21,44,48,49,51]

Not applicable 1 (3) [12]

aIndividual papers can be assigned to the various subparameters at the same time, which means that percentages of over 100% can be achieved.