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. 2017 Jan 12;5(1):e1. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.6474

Table 1.

Model results from separate models of engagement with an mHealth intervention (defined as intervention use) and time to dropout and the joint model of engagement and time to dropout.



Separate models Joint model


Parameter estimate P value Parameter estimate P value
Longitudinal engagement outcome

Intercept (β0) 4.28 (0.13) <.001 4.05 (0.10) <.001

Study week 1 (β1) −0.13 (0.014) <.001 −0.14 (0.014) <.001

Study week 2 (β2) 0.0029 (0.0005) <.001 0.0021 (0.0006) .001
Time-to-dropout

Age (γ1) 0.084 (0.14) .58 −0.021 (0.13) .87

Male (γ2) 0.073 (0.12) .54 −0.10 (0.10) .32

Black versus white (γ3) 0.058 (0.14) .67 −0.097 (0.13) .46

Hispanic versus white (γ4) 0.12 (0.19) .51 0.15 (0.18) .41

Other versus white (γ5) 0.27 (0.17) .10 0.11 (0.17) .49

Longitudinal engagement association (α)

−0.26 (0.022) <.001