Table 1.
Estimated fixed effects (and their standard errors) for five MLMs.
| Tinnitus loudness | Tinnitus distress | Stress-level | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model I | Model II | Model I | Model II | Model I | ||
| Intercept (night) | γ000 | 0.529*** (0.021) | 0.521*** (0.018) | 0.435*** (0.021) | 0.423*** (0.016) | 0.303*** (0.020) |
| Early morning (vs. night) effect | γ100 | −0.017 (0.021) | −0.015 (0.019) | −0.015 (0.022) | −0.014 (0.018) | −0.015 (0.020) |
| Late morning (vs. night) effect | γ200 | −0.089*** (0.019) | −0.086*** (0.017) | −0.083*** (0.020) | −0.077*** (0.016) | 0.009 (0.019) |
| Afternoon (vs. night) effect | γ300 | −0.098*** (0.019) | −0.099*** (0.017) | −0.083*** (0.019) | −0.083*** (0.016) | 0.023 (0.018) |
| Early evening (vs. night) effect | γ400 | −0.093*** (0.019) | −0.092*** (0.017) | −0.080*** (0.020) | −0.074*** (0.015) | 0.006 (0.018) |
| Late evening (vs. night) effect | γ500 | −0.071*** (0.019) | −0.062*** (0.016) | −0.066*** (0.019) | −0.052*** (0.014) | −0.023 (0.018) |
| Within-day effect of stress | γ600 | 0.287*** (0.020) | 0.370*** (0.022) | |||
| Between-day effect of stress | γ010 | 0.470*** (0.037) | 0.585*** (0.035) | |||
| Between-person effect of stress | γ001 | 0.651*** (0.051) | 0.810*** (0.041) | |||
Total number of assessments was 17,209. p-values were based on Satterthwaite's approximations.
***
p < 0.001. night = 12 a.m.–4 a.m. early morning = 4 a.m.–8 a.m. late morning = 8 a.m.–12 p.m. afternoon = 12 p.m.–4 p.m. early evening = 4 p.m.–8 p.m. late evening = 8 p.m.–12 a.m.