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. 2023 Jan 9;4:1020753. doi: 10.3389/fdgth.2022.1020753

Table 1.

Demographics per study phase and overall.

Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Overall
Number of participants 10 10 6 26
Age, M (SD) 23.0 (3.54) 21.8 (3.16) 20.0 (6.15) 23.3 (2.15)
Clinical stage, N (%)
 1a 3 (30.0) 4 (40.0) 4 (66.7) 11 (42.0)
 1b 7 (70.0) 6 (60.0) 2 (33.3) 15 (58.0)
Gender, N (%)
 Female 8 (80.0) 9 (90.0) 6 (100.0) 23 (88.5)
 Male 2 (20.0) 1 (10.0) 0 (0.0) 3 (11.5)
Education, N (%)
 University 5 (50.0) 4 (40.0) 5 (50.0) (46.2)
 Higher voc. ed. 4 (40.0) 5 (50.0) 5 (50.0) (46.2)
 Intermediate voc. ed. 1 (10.0) 1 (10.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (7.7)
Ethnicity, N (%)
 Dutch 10 (100.0) 6 (60.0) 5 (83.3) 21 (80.8)
 Surinam 0 (0.0) 3 (30.0) 0 (0.0) 3 (11.5)
 Dutch + other 0 (0.0) 1 (10.0) 1 (16.7) 2 (7.7)
Platform usage (months)
 M(SD) 6.9 (2.92) 9.7 (3.13) 8 (2.77)
 Range 2–10 8–12 2–12
Platform usage (m. p/w)
 M(SD) 52.5 (38.89) 61.7 (51.45) 55.9 (42.6)
 Range 15–150 5–120 5–150
Used media, N (%)
 Laptop 3 (30.0) 4 (66.7) 7 (43.8)
 Smartphone 3 (30.0) 1 (16.7) 4 (25.0)
 Both 4 (40.0) 1 (16.7) 5 (31.2)

M, mean; SD, standard deviation; voc. ed., vocational education; m. p/w, =minutes per week; other, Tunisian/German/French.

2 = Messages of other young people, moderated by peer workers. 3 = The “Talk It Out” functionality. 4 = Hashtags for quick access to relevant subjects.