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Table 4 Experience with e-mental health interventions in routine mental health 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

Recommendation effort

 Very high

2 (1.7)

0

1 (1.8)

0

1 (3.30)

 Rather high

34 (28.1)

5

18 (31.6)

5 (20.8)

6 (20.0)

 Rather low

77 (63.6)

4

34 (59.6)

18 (75.0)

21 (70.0)

 Low

8 (6.6)

1

4 (7.0)

1 (4.2)

2 (6.7)

Patient’s interest

 Very high

0

0

0

0

0

 High

29 (24.0)

4

12 (21.1)

5 (20.8)

8 (26.7)

 Moderate

71 (58.7)

5

32 (56.1)

15 (62.5)

19 (63.3)

 Low

21 (17.4)

1

13 (22.8)

4 (16.7)

3 (10.0)

 None at all

0

0

0

0

0

The use was…

 Very helpful

4 (3.3)

1

2 (3.5)

0

1 (3.3)

 Helpful

87 (71.9)

6

37 (64.9)

18 (75.0)

26 (86.7)

 Less helpful

26 (21.5)

3

16 (28.1)

4 (16.7)

3 (10.0)

 Not helpful at all

4 (3.3)

0

2 (3.5)

2 (8.3)

0

With the use I’m…

 Very satisfied

6 (5.0)

2

2 (3.6)

0

2 (6.7)

 Rather satisfied

71 (59.7)

5

28 (50.0)

16 (69.6)

22 (73.3)

 Less satisfied

37 (31.1)

3

24 (42.9)

5 (21.7)

5 (16.7)

 Not satisfied at all

5 (4.2)

0

2 (3.6)

2 (8.7)

1 (3.3)

  1. Notes. GPs general practitioners. Since the number of GPs with use of e-mental health interventions was small, we omitted reporting relative frequencies