Table 3.

Hierarchical Linear Model of Depressive Symptoms

	Coefficient (SE)
	Unconditional Model	Final Model
Fixed Effects
Intercept	13.830 (.458)+	14.791 (.453)+
Timea (linear rate of change)	−.480 (.074)+	−.478 (.068)+
Time invariant covariates
Intercept:
Married or partnered		2.448 (.526)+
Receipt of adjuvant chemotherapy		1.426 (.557)*
Trait anxiety		.348 (.036)+
State anxiety		.128 (.024)+
Attentional function		−.665 (.174)+
Sleep disturbance		.090 (.015)+
Changes in appetite		.537 (.108)+
Hours per day in pain		.150 (.056)**
Fear of metastasis		.268 (.079)**
Linear:
Depressive symptoms prior to surgery × time		−.041 (.007)+
Distress at initial cancer diagnosis × time		−.070 (.025)**
Variance components
In intercept	66.038+	10.940+
In linear rate	.749+	.409+
Goodness-of-fit deviance (parameters estimated)	17115.210 (6)	16657.111 (17)
Model comparison (x2)		458.099 (11)+

^*p < 0.05;

^**p < 0.01;

⁺p < 0.001

^aTime was coded zero at the time of the preoperative visit.