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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychooncology. 2019 Aug 30;28(11):2174–2180. doi: 10.1002/pon.5203

Table 1:

Multilevel Model Results for Symbol Search, Dot Memory and Card Matching

Variable Symbol Search Dot Memory Card Matching
β SE p β SE p β SE p
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics
Age .023 .013 .077 .011 .022 .621 −.001 .001 .917
Years of education −.016 .029 .576 −.048 .049 .331 .004 .003 .140
Hormonal treatment .022 .165 .895 −.429 .277 .129 .014 .016 .371
Disease stage .143 .174 .416 .157 .292 .593 .017 .017 .333
Time since treatment −.001 .009 .898 −.009 .017 .591 .001 .001 .145
Study Design
Prompt .004 .006 .481 .052 .015 <.001 −.001 .001 .321
Days in study −.084 .009 <.001 −.078 .021 <.001 .007 .002 <.001
Days in study2 .003 .001 <.001 .002 .002 .201 −.003 .001 .051
EMA Patient Reported Outcomes
Person mean fatigue −.001 .086 .993 −.131 .147 .377 −.003 .009 .710
Daily fluctuation in fatigue .067 .015 <.001 .054 .034 .117 −.004 .003 .184
Person mean depressed mood .078 .087 .378 .166 .147 .263 −.001 .009 .878
Daily fluctuation in depressed mood −.032 .017 .064 −.046 .040 .248 −.003 .003 .403
Variance Estimates
Between person differences .199 .047 <.001 .553 .132 <.001 .002 .001 <.001
Within person, across days .015 .004 <.001 .021 .019 .145 .001 .001 .009
Within person, within day .204 .007 <.001 1.171 .037 <.001 .009 .001 <.001

Results are from 47 women assessed up to 5 times a day (prompt; 1–5) across the two-week assessment period (days in study: 1–14). EMA patient reported outcomes reflect differences between breast cancer patients (person mean) and within person variation (daily fluctuation).