Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics among registrants of a digital mental health platform
| Utilization type | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teletherapy (n = 555) | Telecoaching (n = 2003) | Teletherapy and telecoaching (n = 529) | Total (n = 3087) |
|
| Demographic characteristics | ||||
| Age, M (SD) | 35.11 (8.45) | 35.80 (8.82) | 34.95 (8.51) | 35.53 (8.71) |
| Sex | ||||
| Female, n (%) | 292 (52.6%) | 1056 (52.7%) | 321 (60.7%) | 1669 (54.1%) |
| Male, n (%) | 145 (26.1%) | 609 (30.4%) | 110 (20.8%) | 864 (28.0%) |
| Missing, n (%) | 118 (21.3%) | 338 (16.9%) | 98 (18.5%) | 554 (17.9%) |
| Country | ||||
| Within USA, n (%) | 470 (85.1%) | 1468 (73.4%) | 410 (77.5%) | 2348 (76.2%) |
| Outside USA, n (%) | 82 (14.9%) | 531 (26.6%) | 119 (22.5%) | 732 (23.8%) |
| Clinical characteristics | ||||
| Components of therapeutic alliance score | ||||
| M (SD) | 4.45 (0.76) | 4.57 (0.59) | 4.54 (0.57) | 4.54 (0.62) |
| Median [min, max] | 4.75 [1, 5] | 4.83 [1, 5] | 4.75 [2, 5] | 4.80 [1, 5] |
| Screened positive for depressive symptoms | ||||
| n (%) | 339 (61.1%) | 349 (17.4%) | 147 (27.8%) | 835 (27.0%) |
| Follow-up period (days) | ||||
| M (SD) | 147.97 (125.95) | 129.36 (117.90) | 207.60 (125.35) | 146.12 (124.04) |
| Median [min, max] | 114 [10, 663] | 91 [7, 741] | 200 [11, 671] | 113 [7, 741] |
| Total session utilization | ||||
| M (SD) | 4.99 (3.48) | 2.99 (2.58) | 8.65 (5.49) | 4.32 (4.01) |
| Median [min, max] | 4 [1, 24] | 2 [1, 30] | 8 [2, 41] | 3 [1, 41] |
| Time in care (days) | ||||
| M (SD) | 50.01 (50.55) | 36.66 (52.51) | 111.51 (80.72) | 51.88 (64.21) |
| Median [min, max] | 36 [0, 303] | 16 [0, 337] | 99 [1, 351] | 28 [0, 351] |
The components of therapeutic alliance scores were measured with adapted items representing the bonds and goals components from the Working Alliance Inventory. Follow-Up Period number of days between baseline and follow-up assessments
M mean; SD standard deviation, Time in Care number of days between first and last session