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. 2013 Jul 1;15(7):e132. doi: 10.2196/jmir.2615

Table 2.

Multilevel modeling results – overall, diagnosis, treatment, and laboratory test (Level 2 [ie, between-person level] N=438; Level 1 [ie, within-person level] N=876; unstandardized coefficients are reported).

Variable Overall Diagnosis Treatment Laboratory test
Random intercept (β0)




Intercept (γ 00) 5.68 a 4.81 a 5.69 a 4.57 a

Age group (γ 01) .37 1.09 a .17 1.16 a

Gender (γ 02) -.20 -.21 -.22 .08

Health condition (γ 03) -.15 -.29 -.29 -.20

Condition time (γ 04) .00 .05 .21 .05

Years of condition (γ 05) .01 .00 .01 .00

Severity (γ 06) .06 .11 .16 .11

Knowledgeable (γ 07) -.00 -.04 .08 .06

General health status (γ 08) -.05 -.06 -.16 -.19

Education (γ 09) -.02 .04 .03 -.02

Single vs married (γ 010) .06 .25 .43 .25

Separated vs married (γ 011) .09 .32 .73 -.32

Divorced vs married (γ 012) .46 .29 .73 b .43

Widowed vs married (γ 013) .10 .22 .31 -.05

Living as married vs married (γ 014) .06 -.06 .83 -2.62 a

Asian vs white (γ 015) -.13 .09 -.26 .10

African American vs white (γ 016) -.28 b -.11 -.03 -.07

Latino vs white (γ 017) .18 -.08 -.56 .61

Native American vs white (γ 018) -.91 -.15 .68 -.97 a

Pacific Islander vs white (γ 019) -.12 -.37 -1.18 .27

Income (γ 020) -.02 -.01 -.02 -.07 b

Extraversion (γ 021) .01 .13 a .03 .04

Agreeableness (γ 022) -.01 .01 .01 .00

Conscientiousness (γ 023) .04 .03 -.02 .03

Neuroticism (γ 024) .02 .11 b .09 .03

Openness (γ 025) .01 -.01 .11 -.01

Internet use frequency (γ 026) .15 b .11 .15 .15 b

Residual variance (υ 1 2) .88 .69 .36 b 1.07
Random slope for preference dimension (β1)

Intercept (γ 10) 2.77 a 4.95 a 4.53 a 4.98 a

Internet use frequency (γ 11) .02 .57 a .07 .06

Residual variance (υ 1 2) 5.71 a 8.58 a 5.15 a 6.91 a
Level 1 residual variance (σ 2) 1.22 a 2.38 a 3.38 a 2.98 a

a P<.01.

b P<.05.