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Table 3 Use of e-mental health interventions in patient care

From: E-mental health in Germany — what is the current use and what are experiences of different types of health care providers for patients with mental illnesses?

Variable

n (%)

Total

n = 121

GPs

n = 10

Specialist doctors

n = 57

Psychotherapists

n = 24

Clinicians

n = 30

Type of use

 Bridge waiting period

45 (37.2)

7 (70.0)

22 (38.6)

7 (29.2)

9 (30.0)

 Supplementary self-help

81 (66.9)

6 (60.0)

40 (70.2)

17 (70.8)

18 (60.0)

 Integrated into treatment

53 (43.8)

4 (40.0)

23 (40.4)

15 (62.5)

11 (36.7)

 Aftercare

27 (22.3)

0

5 (8.8)

6 (25.0)

16 (53.3)

 Homework

49 (40.5)

4 (40.0)

21 (36.8)

12 (50.0)

12 (40.0)

 Others

4 (3.3)

0

2 (3.5)

1 (0.8)

1 (3.3)

Number of patients

 1 to 5

65 (53.7)

6 (60.0)

30 (52.6)

15 (62.5)

14 (46.7)

 6 to 10

29 (24.0)

1 (10.0)

15 (26.3)

4 (16.7)

9 (30.0)

 11 to 15

11 (9.1)

1 (10.0)

6 (10.5)

3 (12.5)

1 (3.3)

 16 to 20

4 (3.3)

1 (10.0)

1 (1.8)

1 (4.2)

1 (3.3)

 More than 20

12 (9.9)

1 (10.0)

5 (8.8)

1 (4.2)

5 (16.7)

  1. Notes. GPs general practitioners; specialist doctors include psychiatric, psychosomatic, and neurological specialists from outpatient care, clinicians were recruited from psychiatric and psychosomatic inpatient care. Since the number of GPs with use of e-mental health interventions was small, we omitted reporting relative frequencies