Table 1.

Details participant characteristics.

Characteristics	Practitioners n = 89	Researchers n = 62
Gender, n [%]
Male	25 [28.1]	21 [33.9]
Female	63 [70.8]	41 [66.1]
Doesn't want to say	1 [1.1]	0 [0.0]
Age, years
Mean (SD)	39.9 (12.5)	33.5 (9.2)
Country, n [%]
Belgium	49 [55.1]	23 [37.1]
The Netherlands	40 [44.9]	39 [62.9]
Education level, n [%]
Secondary school 1	1 [1.1]	0 [0.0]
Bachelor or Master	59 [66.29]	27 [43.6]
PhD	29 [32.6]	35 [56.4]
Profession, n [%]
Psychologist	58 [65.1]
Psychiatrist	19 [21.3]
PhD Student		25 [40.3]
Postdoctoral researcher		12 [19.4]
Professor		3 [4.8]
Master student		4 [6.5]
Academic staff		13 [21.0]
Othera	12 [13.48]	5 [8.1]
Theoretical orientationb, n [%]
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)	64 [71.9]
Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)	23 [25.8]
Eclectic	21 [23.6]
Mindfulness	8 [9.0]
Psychopharmacological treatment	22 [24.7]
Systemic	14 [15.7]
Psychodynamic (PDT)	12 [13.5]
Interpersonal (IPT)	9 [10.1]
Client Centered	9 [10.1]
Other	17 [19.1]
Level of health care, n [%]
Primary	20 [22.5]
Secondary	52 [58.4]
Tertiary or higher	17 [19.1]
Experience with EMAc, [Mean (SD)]
Gathering EMA data		4.32 (1.96)
Analyzing EMA data		4.42 (2.00)
General experience with EMA	3.00 (1.72)	4.37 (1.68)
Years of experience in treatment of psychiatric patients [Mean (SD)]	12.1 (11.24)

Abbreviations: SD = standard deviation.

^aOther professions were: psychological assistants to the general practitioner, psychiatric nurses or social workers

^bMultiple responses were possible.

^cRated from 1 (“No experience”) to 7 (“Much experience”).