Table 2.
Mixed-effect modeling of weekly changes in the MDASI 15-symptom component score.
| Effect | Estimate | SE | df | t | p* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intercept | 5.8266 | 2.2260 | 55 | 2.62 | 0.0114 |
| Week 0 | 0 | · | · | · | · |
| Week 1 | 0.09538 | 0.1539 | 569 | 0.62 | 0.5357 |
| Week 2 | 0.1042 | 0.1752 | 569 | 0.59 | 0.5523 |
| Week 3 | 0.3125 | 0.1859 | 569 | 1.68 | 0.0933 |
| Week 4 | 0.4353 | 0.1908 | 569 | 2.28 | 0.0229 |
| Week 5 | 0.7248 | 0.1976 | 569 | 3.67 | 0.0003 |
| Week 6 | 0.9850 | 0.1973 | 569 | 4.99 | <.0001 |
| Week 7 | 1.1648 | 0.1970 | 569 | 5.91 | <.0001 |
| Week 8 | 1.1956 | 0.2091 | 569 | 5.72 | <.0001 |
| Week 9 | 1.0916 | 0.2069 | 569 | 5.28 | <.0001 |
| Week 10 | 0.9156 | 0.2025 | 569 | 4.52 | <.0001 |
| Week 11 | 0.5016 | 0.2105 | 569 | 2.38 | 0.0175 |
| Week 12 | 0.4518 | 0.2134 | 569 | 2.12 | 0.0347 |
| Week 13 | 0.2127 | 0.2145 | 569 | 0.99 | 0.3219 |
| Week 14 | 0.2248 | 0.2167 | 569 | 1.04 | 0.3001 |
| Week 15 | 0.1416 | 0.2239 | 569 | 0.63 | 0.5276 |
MDASI: M. D. Anderson Symptom Inventory; SE: standard error; df: degrees of freedom.
Age, sex, race, BMI, recurrence of cancer, dose of radiotherapy, previous chemotherapy, and type of radiotherapy were adjusted. MDASI: M. D. Anderson Symptom Inventory; SE: standard error; df: degrees of freedom.
*
Bold indicates a significant value.