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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Qual Life Res. 2017 Sep 7;27(1):249–257. doi: 10.1007/s11136-017-1697-z

Table 2.

Mixed model results for PROMIS Pediatric symptoms

Fatigue Pain Interference Anger Anxiety Depressive Symptoms
Intercept (adjusted^) 51.9 (47.8, 55.9) 49.3 (45.9, 52.8) 46.4 (41.3, 51.5) 47.7 (44.0, 51.3) 50.3 (47.1, 53.6)
T1 (baseline) −3.1** (−5.3, −0.9) −2.6** (−4.4, −0.7) 1.0 (−1.1, 3.0) 0.2 (−1.5, 1.9) 0.9 (−0.7, 2.4)
T3 (recovery) −6.4*** (−8.3, −4.5) −5.5*** (−7.1, −3.9) −3.3** (−5.5, −1.1) −4.3*** (−5.7, −2.9) −3.7*** (−5.05, −2.43)
T4 (follow-up) −6.1*** (−8.3, −3.9) −4.0*** (−5.8, −2.1) −2.0 (−4.9, 1.0) −3.3*** (−4.9, −1.6) −2.9*** (−4.46, −1.37)
Female 3.4** (0.9, 6.0) 1.9 (−0.2, 4.0) 2.0 (−1.3, 5.4) 1.6 (−0.7, 3.9) 0.4 (−1.58, 2.47)
Age 0.3 (−0.2, 0.7) 0.1 (−0.2, 0.5) −0.3 (−0.8, 0.3) −0.3 (−0.7, 0.1) −0.1 (−0.45, 0.24)
1+ conditions −1.2 (−3.9, 1.4) 1.1 (−1.1, 3.4) −1.7 (−5.3, 1.9) −1.5 (−4.0, 0.9) −0.4 (−2.58, 1.75)
Not White −1.7 (−4.7, 1.2) −0.2 (−2.7, 2.3) −3.0 (−7.7, 1.8) −2.5 (−5.2, 0.3) −2.7* (−5.11, −0.35)
Hispanic 3.4 (−0.9, 7.7) 1.2 (−2.5, 4.8) 3.9 (−1.8, 9.6) 3.4 (−0.6, 7.4) 1.3 (−2.17, 4.83)
H.S. or less 1.9 (−0.8, 4.6) 2.5* (0.2, 4.8) 1.7 (−2.2, 5.5) 1.8 (−0.7, 4.2) 1.8 (−0.40, 3.95)
Incident NS −3.3* (−6.5, −0.1) −1.6 (−4.3, 1.1) 2.1 (−0.8, 5.0) 0.2 (−2.3, 2.8)
Sickle Cell 2.2 (−1.5, 5.9) 5.7*** (2.6, 8.9) −0.7 (−5.1, 3.7) 0.2 (−3.2, 3.6) −1.5 (−4.5, 1.5)
Model R2 0.16 0.17 0.10 0.14 0.14
Observations 744 743 442 740 744
Log Likelihood −2,889.4 −2,756.7 −1,658.9 −2,715.5 −2,663.1
AIC 5,806.8 5,541.4 3,343.9 5,459.1 5,354.1
BIC 5,871.4 5,605.9 3,397.0 5,523.5 5,418.7

Note:

*

p<0.05;

**

p<0.01;

***

p<0.001;

AIC = Akaike information criteria; BIC = Bayesian Information Criteria,

^

The intercept can be interpreted as the mean symptom score at T2 (event) for the reference group who are non-Hispanic white, 8-year old boys with cancer, no other health condition and a mother with education more than high school.