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n % Age, years 30–39 299 29 40–49 410 39 50–59 260 25 ≥60 75 7 Sex Male 584 56 Female 460 44 GP type Principal 634 61 Salaried 254 24 Locum 156 15 n % Region England 833 80 Scotland 110 11 Wales 66 6 Northern Ireland 35 3 Setting Urban 428 41 Suburban 264 26 Semi-rural 258 25 Rural 90 9 Other 4 0.4 Practice size Mean (SD) Range Patients, n 9773 (5845) 500–62 000 GPs, n 7 (4) 1–40 SD = standard deviation.
Not using any e-mental health intervention, n (%)a Using at least one e-mental health intervention, n (%)a Age, years 30–39 56 (19) 243 (81) 40–49 120 (29) 290 (71) 50–59 85 (33) 175 (67) ≥60 27(36) 48 (64) Sex Male 187 (32) 397 (68) Female 101 (22) 359 (78) Total 288 (28) 756 (72) ↵a Percentages are for row totals and thus represent the % within each age band and sex that reported the use of at least one e-mental health tool versus no use.
Type of e-mental health intervention Not aware, n (%) Aware but not using, n (%) Using, n (%) Computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (cCBT) 197 (19) 356 (34) 491 (47) Questionnaire for screening, assessment, or diagnosis 426 (41) 347 (33) 271 (26) Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy 482 (46) 312 (30) 250 (24) Psycho-education 608 (58) 223 (21) 213 (21) Self-management 693 (66) 207 (20) 144 (14) Active monitoring 693 (66) 269 (26) 82 (8) Peer support 714 (68) 250 (24) 80 (8) Sleep management 783 (75) 192 (18) 69 (7) Behavioural activation 832 (80) 174 (17) 38 (3) England, n (%)a Scotland, n (%)a Wales, n (%)a Northern Ireland, n (%)a Total, n (%) Any staff trained 60 (7) 14 (13) 7 (11) 8 (23) 89 (9) No staff trained/unsure 773 (93) 96 (87) 59 (89) 27 (77) 955 (92) ↵a The percentages are for column totals and thus represent the % within each nation that are trained versus untrained. Due to rounding, percentages may sum to more than 100.
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Current versus preferred implementation for commonly used e-mental health interventions
Intervention Guided Unguided Both/no preference Current, n (%) Preferred, n (%) Current, n (%) Preferred, n (%) Current, n (%) Preferred, n (%) cCBT, (n = 491) 92 (19) 260 (53) 215 (44) 52 (11) 184 (37) 179 (36) Digital questionnaire, (n = 271) 88 (32) 117 (43) 83 (31) 46 (17) 100 (37) 108 (40) Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (n = 250) 31 (12) 118 (47) 122 (49) 28 (11) 97 (39) 104 (42 Psycho-education, (n = 213) 26 (12) 83 (39) 110 (52) 39 (18) 77 (36) 91 (43) Self-management, (n = 144) 13 (9) 52 (36) 76 (53) 26 (18) 55 (38) 66 (46) Responses were limited to participants who endorsed using each intervention, therefore the total number of responses will vary between each intervention type. cCBT = Computerised cognitive behavioural therapy.