Table 1 Pretreatment demographic and clinical characteristics of intent-to-treat sample receiving Step by Step (SbS) and enhanced treatment as usual (ETAU).

From: A WHO digital intervention to address depression among young Chinese adults: a type 1 effectiveness-implementation randomized controlled trial

 

Overall (N = 285)

Step by Step (N = 132)

ETAU (N = 153)

p

Posttreatment assessment complete (N = 147)

Posttreatment assessment incomplete (N = 138)

p

Age (mean (SD))

20.84 (3.27)

20.89 (3.37)

20.79 (3.18)

0.797

20.85 (2.97)

20.83 (3.56)

0.967

Gender (%)

   

0.947

  

0.077

Male

88 (30.9)

40 (30.3)

48 (31.4)

 

38 (25.9)

50 (36.2)

 

Female

197 (69.1)

92 (69.7)

105 (68.6)

 

109 (74.1)

88 (63.8)

 

Education status (%)

   

0.554

  

0.332

Completed high school

12 (4.2)

7 (5.3)

5 (3.3)

 

4 (2.7)

8 (5.8)

 

Undergraduate student

194 (68.1)

90 (68.2)

104 (68.0)

 

44 (29.9)

34 (24.6)

 

Finished Undergraduate or above

78 (27.4)

34 (25.8)

44 (28.8)

 

99 (67.3)

95 (68.8)

 

Born in Macao (%)

   

0.552

  

0.592

No

192 (67.4)

87 (65.9)

105 (68.6)

 

100 (68.0)

92 (66.7)

 

Yes

92 (32.3)

45 (34.1)

47 (30.7)

 

46 (31.3)

46 (33.3)

 

Source of referral to trial (%)

   

0.82

  

0.643

Resident college mentor

99 (34.7)

46 (34.8)

53 (34.6)

 

53 (36.1)

46 (33.3)

 

Website

54 (18.9)

27 (20.5)

27 (17.6)

 

31 (21.1)

23 (16.7)

 

Counseling center/social worker

35 (12.3)

18 (13.6)

17 (11.1)

 

18 (12.2)

17 (12.3)

 

Friends

10 (3.5)

3 (2.3)

7 (4.6)

 

5 (3.4)

5 (3.6)

 

Student societies/NGO

5 (1.8)

2 (1.5)

3 (2.0)

 

1 (0.7)

4 (2.9)

 

Other

57 (20.0)

27 (20.5)

30 (19.6)

 

29 (19.7)

28 (20.3)

 

History of mental disorder diagnosis in the past 3 months (%)

   

0.88

  

0.57

No

281 (98.6)

130 (98.5)

151 (98.7)

 

146 (99.3)

135 (97.8)

 

Yes

4 (1.4)

2 (1.5)

2 (1.3)

 

1 (0.7)

3 (2.2)

 

History of pharmacotherapy in the past 3 months (%)

   

0.513

  

0.57

No

281 (98.6)

129 (97.7)

152 (99.3)

 

146 (99.3)

135 (97.8)

 

Yes

4 (1.4)

3 (2.3)

1 (0.7)

 

1 (0.7)

3 (2.2)

 

History of psychotherapy in the past 3 months (%)

   

0.513

  

0.66

No

281 (98.6)

129 (97.7)

152 (99.3)

 

144 (98.0)

137 (99.3)

 

Yes

4 (1.4)

3 (2.3)

1 (0.7)

 

3 (2.0)

1 (0.7)

 

PHQ-9 score (SD)

10.45 (4.32)

10.12 (4.07)

10.73 (4.52)

0.24

10.31 (4.12)

10.59 (4.54)

0.593

WHO-5 score (SD)

11.18 (4.51)

11.80 (4.30)

10.65 (4.62)

0.032

11.36 (4.50)

10.99 (4.52)

0.484

GAD-7 score (SD)

8.33 (4.48)

8.08 (4.34)

8.54 (4.61)

0.39

8.33 (4.56)

8.33 (4.42)

0.99

PSYCHLOPS score (SD)

12.50 (3.54)

12.30 (3.62)

12.67 (3.47)

0.399

12.46 (3.65)

12.53 (3.43)

0.875

  1. Missing responses (3 for age, one for education, one for place of born, 25 for source of referral to trial, and 25 for self-defined psychosocial problems)