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. 2022 Jun 22;6(6):e36521. doi: 10.2196/36521

Table 1.

Client and therapist characteristics.

Variable Value
Client: total, n (%) 5890 (100)
Client age (years), n (%)

18-25 1328 (22.5)

26-35 3061 (52)

36-49 1182 (20.1)

>50 250 (4.2)

Missing 69 (1.2)
Client gender, n (%)

Female 4505 (76.5)

Other 5 (0.1)

Queer 9 (0.2)

Variant 5 (0.1)

Male 1317 (22.4)

Transgender female 3 (0.1)

Transgender male 7 (0.1)

Missing 39 (0.7)
Client education, n (%)

High school 1327 (22.5)

Some college 14 (0.2)

Associate’s degree 6 (0.1)

Bachelor’s degree or higher 3706 (62.9)

Master’s degree 21 (0.4)

Doctoral degree 5 (0.1)

Professional degree 8 (0.1)

Missing 803 (13.6)
Client marital status, n (%)

Divorced 328 (5.6)

Living with a partner 497 (8.4)

Married 1663 (28.2)

Separated 142 (2.4)

Single 3112 (52.8)

Widowed 30 (0.5)

Missing 118 (2.0)
Client first time in therapy

No, n (%) 4004 (68)

Yes, n (%) 1346 (22.9)

Missing, n (%) 540 (9.2)

Baseline PHQ-8a, mean (SD) 15.2 (3.9)
Talkspace plan type

Text only, n (%) 5389 (91.5)

1-month video, n (%) 411 (7)

4-month video, n (%) 90 (1.5)

Therapist, total (N) 1271 (100)
Therapist gender, n (%)

Male 157 (12.4)

Female 1114 (87.6)
Therapist years of experience, n (%)

<5 250 (19.7)

5-10 551 (43.4)

Missing 4 (0.3)
Therapist with depression expertise, n (%) 591 (46.5)

aPHQ-8: Patient Health Questionnaire-8 item.