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. 2022 Mar 21;24(3):e30231. doi: 10.2196/30231

Table 2.

Comparison of characteristics across treatment modalities (N=943).

Characteristic Total sample (N=943) TAUa (n=467) bCBTb (n=476) P valuec
Age (years), mean (SD) 38.96 (13.09) 38.71 (13.08) 39.21 (13.1) .56
Gender

Female, mean (SD) 644 (68.3) 326 (69.8) 318 (66.8) .36
Marital status , n (%) .27

Single 314 (33.3) 155 (33.2) 159 (33.4)

Divorced 103 (10.9) 43 (9.2) 60 (12.6)

Widowed 9 (0.9) 6 (1.3) 3 (0.6)

Living together 206 (21.8) 111 (23.8) 95 (19.9)

Married 311 (32.9) 152 (32.5) 159 (33.4)
Highest level of education , n (%) .92

Low 146 (15.5) 74 (15.8) 72 (15.1)

Middle 349 (37) 170 (36.4) 179 (37.6)

High 447 (47.4) 222 (47.5) 225 (47.3)
Trial site , n (%) .99

Germany 173 (18.3) 87 (18.6) 86 (18.1)

Sweden 141 (14.9) 68 (14.6) 73 (15.3)

Netherlands 102 (10.8) 49 (10.5) 53 (11.1)

United Kingdom 101 (10.7) 52 (11.1) 49 (10.3)

Spain 127 (13.5) 63 (13.5) 64 (13.4)

France 105 (11.1) 54 (11.6) 51 (10.7)

Switzerland 50 (5.3) 24 (5.1) 26 (5.5)

Poland 84 (8.9) 42 (8.9) 42 (8.8)

Denmark 60 (6.4) 28 (5.9) 32 (6.7)
Psychometrics

PHQ-9d, mean (SD) 15.36 (4.78) 15.38 (4.66) 15.34 (4.9) .88

QIDSe sum of sleep scores (items 1-4), mean (SD) 4.79 (2.42) 4.71 (2.31) 4.87 (2.52) .31

Insomnia items , n (%)


Difficulty falling asleep 453 (48) 225 (48.2) 228 (47.9) .99


Awake during the night 512 (54.3) 251 (53.7) 261 (54.8) .76


Waking up too early 321 (34) 149 (31.9) 172 (36.1) .18

Hypersomnia item , n (%)


Sleeping too much 135 (14.3) 65 (13.9) 70 (14.7) .77

aTAU: treatment-as-usual.

bbCBT: blended cognitive behavioral therapy.

cA 2-tailed t test was performed for continuous variables (age, PHQ-9, QIDS). Chi-square test was performed for categorical variables (gender, marital status, education, trial site and, insomnia and hypersomnia prevalence).

dPHQ-9: Patient Health Questionnaire-9.

eQIDS: Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology.