Table 3.
Descriptive statistics of smartphone-gathered ecological momentary assessment data (N = 107 couples).
| Patient | Spouse | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total number of notifications sent, n | 2,893 | 2,891 | 5,784 |
| Total number of notifications responded to/ notifications sent, n (%) | 2,629 (90.9) | 2,603 (90.0) | 5,232 (90.5) |
| Total number of notifications completed/ notifications sent, n (%) | 2,592 (89.6) | 2,544 (88.0) | 5,136 (88.8) |
| Afternoon notifications only | |||
| Number of notifications sent | 1,414 | 1,409 | 2,823 |
| Number of notifications responded to/ notifications sent, n (%) | 1,270 (89.8) | 1,270 (90.1) | 2,540 (90.0) |
| Number of notifications completed/ notifications sent, n (%) | 1,251 (88.5) | 1,246 (88.4) | 2,497 (88.5) |
| Conversed with partner since awakening, n | 988 | 1,016 | 2,004 |
| Did not converse with partner since awakening, n | 277 | 246 | 523 |
| Among those who did not converse with partner since awakening, reasons why, n/responded to item (%) | |||
| I didn't have any contact with my partner | 194/277 (70.0) | 160/244 (65.6) | 354/521 (67.9) |
| I had nothing to talk about | 18/277 (6.5) | 17/244 (7.0) | 35/521 (6.7) |
| I didn't feel well | 9/277 (3.2) | 1/244 (0.4) | 10/521 (1.9) |
| I didn't want to bring up topics that could be upsetting | 3/277 (1.1) | 1/244 (0.4) | 4/521 (0.8) |
| Other | 53/277 (19.1) | 65/244 (26.6) | 118/521 (22.6) |
| Importance of conversation, M (SD) on 1-5 scale | 3.15 (1.18) | 3.18 (1.15) | 3.17 (1.16) |
| Extent to which conversation was related to cancer, M (SD) on 1–5 scale | 1.63 (1.18) | 1.70 (1.24) | 1.67 (1.21) |
| Extent to which conversation was related to cancer, n/ responded to item (%) | |||
| Rating of 1 (not at all) | 715/978 (73.1) | 705/1,014 (69.5) | 1,420/1,992 (71.3) |
| Rating of 2 | 66/978 (6.7) | 93/1,014 (9.2) | 159/1,992 (8.0) |
| Rating of 3 (somewhat) | 96/978 (9.8) | 102/1,014 (10.1) | 198/1,992 (9.9) |
| Rating of 4 | 44/978 (4.5) | 39/1,014 (3.8) | 83/1,992 (4.2) |
| Rating of 5 (a lot) | 57/978 (5.8) | 75/1,014 (7.4) | 132/1,992 (6.6) |
| Evening notifications only | |||
| Number of notifications sent | 1,479 | 1,482 | 2,961 |
| Number of notifications responded to/ notifications sent, n (%) | 1,359 (91.9) | 1,333 (89.9) | 2,692 (90.9) |
| Number of notifications completed/ notifications sent, n (%) | 1,341 (90.7) | 1,298 (87.6) | 2,639 (89.1) |
| Conversed with partner since last notification, n | 1,158 | 1,153 | 2,311 |
| Did not converse with partner since last notification, n | 198 | 166 | 364 |
| Among those who did not converse with partner since last notification, reasons why, n/responded to item (%) | |||
| I didn't have any contact with my partner | 112/196 (57.1) | 99/163 (60.7) | 211/359 (58.8) |
| I had nothing to talk about | 19/196 (9.7) | 18/163 (11.0) | 37/359 (10.3) |
| I didn't feel well | 18/196 (9.2) | 1/163 (0.6) | 19/359 (5.3) |
| I didn't want to bring up topics that could be upsetting | 1/196 (0.5) | 1/163 (0.6) | 2/359 (0.6) |
| Other | 46/196 (23.5) | 44/163 (27.0) | 90/359 (25.1) |
| Importance of conversation, M (SD) on 1–5 scale | 3.24 (1.16) | 3.24 (1.09) | 3.24 (1.13) |
| Extent to which conversation was related to cancer, M (SD) on 1–5 scale | 1.70 (1.23) | 1.73 (1.23) | 1.72 (1.23) |
| Extent to which conversation was related to cancer, n/responded to item (%) | |||
| Rating of 1 (not at all) | 811/1,153 (70.3) | 771/1,143 (67.5) | 1,582/2,296 (68.9) |
| Rating of 2 | 83/1,153 (7.2) | 110/1,143 (9.6) | 193/2,296 (8.4) |
| Rating of 3 (somewhat) | 123/1,153 (10.7) | 136/1,143 (11.9) | 259/2,296 (11.3) |
| Rating of 4 | 62/1,153 (5.4) | 49/1,143 (4.3) | 111/2,296 (4.8) |
| Rating of 5 (a lot) | 74/1,153 (6.4) | 77/1,143 (6.7) | 151/2,296 (6.6) |