Therapist Time Consumption
This study did not include the time of therapists for cost calculation but collected the total time of the therapists occupied by the 3 groups of interventions. The results showed that patients in the ICBT group consumed a total of 1078 minutes of the therapist’s time during the 6-week treatment, with an average of 32.67 (SD 13.37) minutes per person; the CBGT group consumed a total of 2880 minutes of the therapist’s time during the 6-week treatment, with an average of 102.86 (SD 0) minutes per person. Compared to the CBGT group, the ICBT group saved a total of 1802 minutes of the therapist’s time, with an average of 70.19 (SD 13.37) minutes saved per person.