Table 3.
Mixed-effects models for associations between social activity and next-survey mood, fatigue, and pain.
Outcome and predictor | Coefficient (95% CI) | P valuea | |
Sad mood |
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Alone | 0.102 (−0.141 to 0.348) | .41 |
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Time (hours) | −0.012 (−0.037 to 0.013) | .24 |
Happy mood |
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Alone | −0.034 (−0.301 to 0.226) | .80 |
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Time (hours) | 0.011 (−0.016 to 0.038) | .43 |
Stressb |
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Alone | 0.008 (−0.230 to 0.250) | .95 |
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Time 3 | −0.100 (−0.353 to 0.154) | .44 |
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Time 4 | −0.170 (−0.425 to 0.085) | .19 |
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Time 5 | −0.502 (−0.757 to −0.247) | <.001 |
Fatigueb |
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Alone | 0.365 (−0.169 to 0.898) | .18 |
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Time 3 | 0.546 (0.008 to 1.083) | .048 |
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Time 4 | 0.846 (0.296 to 1.395) | .003 |
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Time 5 | 1.975 (1.427 to 2.523) | <.001 |
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Alone × Time 3 | −0.511 (−1.196 to 0.176) | .15 |
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Alone × Time 4 | −0.584 (−1.273 to 0.110) | .10 |
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Alone × Time 5 | −1.089 (−1.780 to −0.396) | .002 |
Pain |
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Alone | −0.016 (−0.240 to 0.206) | .89 |
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Time (hours) | 0.027 (0.010 to 0.050) | .02 |
aItalics indicate P<.05.
bModels for stress and fatigue use time as a categorical variable; coefficient values for Time 2 to Time 5 indicate the change in the outcome variable compared with Time 1.