Table 1

Personal characteristics of help seeking adolescents with depression allocated to a computerised cognitive behavioural therapy intervention (SPARX) or to treatment as usual. Values are percentages (numbers) unless stated otherwise

CharacteristicsSPARX group (n=94)Treatment as usual group(n=93)
Female62.8 (59)68.8 (64)
Male37.2 (35)31.2 (29)
Age (years):
Mean (SD) age15.55 (1.54)15.58 (1.66)
≤1441.5 (39)37.6 (35)
15-1640.4 (38)40.9 (38)
≥1718.1 (17)21.5 (20)
Ethnicity:
New Zealand European58.5 (55)60.2 (56)
Māori25.5 (24)22.6 (21)
Pacific people8.5 (8)7.5 (7)
Asian*4.3 (4)8.6 (8)
Other3.2 (3)1.1 (1)
Setting:
Schools54.3 (51)55.9 (52)
Non-schools45.7 (43)44.1 (41)

*Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, Malaysian, Fijian Indian, Cambodian, and Thai.