Description of the participants
| Variable | |
|---|---|
| Gender (%) | |
| Women | 54.9 |
| Men | 45.1 |
| Age | |
| Mean age (SD) | 32.67 (9.71) |
| Minimum–maximum | 18–63 |
| Education* | |
| 7–9 years in school | 1.9 |
| Incomplete vocational or secondary school | 4.9 |
| Vocational school | 3.0 |
| Secondary school | 24.5 |
| University, started but not completed studies | 23.1 |
| University, completed studies | 42.5 |
| Marital status | |
| Married or de facto | 54.5% |
| Parental status | |
| Parent (yes) | 33% |
| Social anxiety (pretreatment) | |
| LSAS clinician rated | 66.56 (22.59) |
| LSAS self-rated | 69.27 (23.23) |
| Treatment adherence | |
| Mean number of activated modules (SD) | 8 (3.35) |
| Treatment Credibility Scale | |
| Mean score on treatment Credibility Scale (SD) | 36.24 (7.53) |
| Time since debut of first SAD symptoms, years (SD) | 15.93 (10.64) |
| Global functioning | |
| GAF-score (SD) | 61.65 (7.29) |
| CGI-S Global Severity | |
| Mean CGI-S score (SD) | 3.79 (0.83) |
| Normal. not at all ill | 0% |
| Borderline mentally ill | 4% |
| Mildly ill | 35% |
| Moderately ill | 41% |
| Markedly ill | 19% |
| Severely ill | 1% |
| Extremely ill | 0% |
| Comorbid depression | |
| MADRS clinician rated (SD) | 15.21 (8.00) |
| MADRS-S self-rated (SD) | 14.56 (7.75) |
| Currently on psychotropic medication for SAD | 180 (46.8%) |
| Change of medication after ICBT | |
| No change. Neither during ICBT or after | 189 (58.9%) |
| No change. Had medication during ICBT and still do | 51 (15.9%) |
| Yes. Medication during ICBT but not now | 27 (8.4%) |
| Yes. No medication during ICBT, but currently on medication | 54 (16.8%) |
| Other psychological treatment after ICBT | |
| No | 254 (79.1%) |
| CBT | 47 (14.6%) |
| Psychodynamic therapy | 6 (1.9%) |
| Other structured psychological therapy | 14 (4.4%) |
| Days to follow-up | |
| Mean (SD) | 971 (293) |
| Minimum | 441 |
| Maximum | 1492 |
| 25th centile | 683 |
| 50th centile | 1006 |
| 75th centile | 1240 |
Total N=446.
*Level of education was rated on a seven-point scale (1=less than 7–9 years in school; 2=7–9 years in school; 3=incomplete vocational or secondary school; 4=vocational school; 5=secondary school; 6=university, started but not completed studies; 7=completed university studies).
CBT, cognitive–behavioural therapy; CGI-S, The Clinical Global Impression—Severity scale; ICBT, internet-based CBT; LSAS-SR, Liebowitz Social Anxiety Disorder Scale—Self-Report; MADRS-S, Montgomery Åsberg Depression Rating Scale score Self-rated; SAD, social anxiety disorder.