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Table 1 Description of the youth sample

From: Acceptability and utility of an electronic psychosocial assessment (myAssessment) to increase self-disclosure in youth mental healthcare: a quasi-experimental study

 

Control (n = 188)

Intervention (n = 151)

Total (N = 339)

Group comparison

Gender

   

Fisher exact test, p = .002

 

Female

124 (66 %)

95 (62.9 %)

219 (64.6 %)

 
 

Male

59 (31.4 %)

39 (25.8 %)

98 (28.9 %)

 
 

Trans*/intersex

2 (1.1 %)

1 (.7 %)

3 (.9 %)

 
 

Other/not stated

3 (1.6 %)

16 (9.6 %)

19 (5.6 %)

Std. Residual > 1.96

Age, y

    
 

Mean (SD)

17.72 (3.5)

17.2 (3.45)

17.49 (3.49)

 
 

Range

12—25

12—25

12—25

 

Sexual preference

    
 

Heterosexual/straight

135 (71.8 %)

108 (71.5 %)

243 (71.7 %)

 
 

Lesbian/gay

7 (3.8 %)

1 (.7 %)

8 (2.4 %)

 
 

Bisexual

15 (8 %)

13 (8.6 %)

28 (8.3 %)

 
 

Questioning

5 (2.7 %)

9 (6 %)

14 (4.1 %)

 
 

Other/choose not to answer

26 (13.9 %)

20 (13.2 %)

46 (13.6 %)

 

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) Status

   

x2 (1, N = 339) = 1.00, p = .318

 

ATSI

4 (2.1 %)

6 (4 %)

10 (3 %)

 
 

Neither/not stated

184 (97.9 %)

145 (96 %)

329 (97 %)

 

Country of birth

    
 

Australia

159 (84.6 %)

128 (84.8 %)

287 (84 %)

 
 

New Zealand

2 (1.1 %)

1 (.7 %)

3 (.9 %)

 
 

South Africa

1 (.5 %)

-

1 (.3 %)

 
 

England

-

2 (1.3 %)

2 (.6 %)

 
 

Other/not stated

26 (13.8 %)

20 (7.9 %)

46 (13.5 %)

 

Language spoken at home

   

Fisher exact test, p = .518

 

English

158 (84 %)

128 (84.8 %)

286 (84.4 %)

 
 

Hindi

-

2 (1.4 %)

2 (.6 %)

 
 

Spanish

2 (1.1 %)

1 (.7 %)

3 (.9 %)

 
 

Other/not stated

28 (14.6 %)

20 (13.2 %)

48 (27.6 %)

 
  1. Note. Trans* is an inclusive term encompassing the following: Transgender, transsexual, genderqueer, non-binary, genderfluid, genderfuck, intersex, third gender, transvestite, cross-dresser, bi-gender, trans man, trans women, agender