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. 2023 Jan 19;25:e42672. doi: 10.2196/42672

Table 1.

Characteristics of the included studies (N=69).

Features Values References
Year of publication, n (%)

2022 10 (13) [27,30,38,48,52,59,63,64,69,81]

2021 17 (25) [19-21,23,25,28,41,45,49,54,61,62,68,73,74,77,78]

2020 15 (22) [22,29,31,33,40,43,44,53,57,60,66,70,71,76,79]

2019 16 (23) [26,32,34,42,46,47,51,56,65,67,72,75,80,84-86]

2018 5 (7) [35,36,50,55,83]

2017 4 (6) [24,37,39,58]

2016 1 (1) [87]

2015 1 (1) [82]
Type of publication, n (%)

Journal article 49 (71) [19,21,23,25-30,34,38-46,48-54,56-61,64-66,69-71,73-75,77-79,81,82,84,86,87]

Conference paper 18 (26) [20,22,24,31-33,35-37,55,62,63,67,68,72,80,83,85]

Thesis 2 (3) [47,76]
Country of publication, n (%)

United States 21 (30) [24,25,30,31,37,41,42,50,54-56,59,61,66,74,76,77,80,83-85]

Mexico 7 (10) [34,58,65,69-71,86]

Norway 6 (9) [20,32,35,36,43,47]

United Kingdom 5 (7) [29,38,48,72,78]

South Korea 5 (7) [26-28,46,60]

Japan 4 (6) [33,63,67,79]

Pakistan 3 (4) [21,22,45]

China 3 (4) [23,39,44]

India 2 (3) [51,53]

Taiwan 2 (3) [62,81]

Others 11 (16) [19,40,49,52,57,64,68,73,75,82,87]
Number of participants

Mean (SD; range) 186.9 (522.2; 8-4036) [19-87]

1-100, n (%) 53 (77) [19-22,24,26,27,30-40,42-49,53,55,56,58-68,70,71,75-79,81-83,85-87]

101-500, n (%) 11 (16) [23,25,41,50,51,54,57,69,73,80,84]

>500, n (%) 5 (7) [28,29,52,72,74]
Age of the participants (years)

Mean (SD; range) 36.4 (15.44; 5.2-78) [19-21,26-30,32,34-38,41-43,46-48,51,52,54-59,61-71,73-80,83,85,86]

<18, n (%) 5 (7) [54-56,59,76]

18-40, n (%) 17 (25) [21,26,29,37,51,52,58,66,67,73-75,77,78,80,83,85]

41-65, n (%) 25 (36) [19,20,27,30,32,34-36,38,41-43,47,48,57,62-65,68-71,79,86]

>65, n (%) 3 (4) [27,46,61]
Sex (female; %), mean (SD; range) 59.4 (15.64; 2.4-100) [19-22,26-32,34-38,41-48,50,52,53,55-59,61-71,73,75-81,83,85,86]
Participant health conditionsa, n (%)

Depression 32 (46) [19,20,23,24,26,30,32,34-38,42,43,46-48,50,57,59,60,62,65-71,77,79,86]

Healthy 27 (39) [19,20,32,34-36,42,43,47,48,50,54-57,60,62,65,67-71,75,76,79,86]

Any health condition 26 (38) [21,22,25,27-29,31,33,39,41,44,45,52,53,58,61,63,64,72-74,80,83-85,87]

Internalizing disorders 4 (6) [54-56,76]

Bipolar 3 (4) [26,49,82]

Others 6 (9) [40,51,69,75,78,81]

aNumbers do not add up, as participants in many studies had >1 health condition.