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. 2020 Jan 10;9:1505. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2019.01505

Table 4.

Effect of mobile app-based community on weekly steps and mental distress after PSM.

Panel A: Weekly total steps
Mixed effects model Two-way fixed effects model
B (SE) P value B (SE) P value
Time 1 (vs. time 0) 2128.47 (2053.72) 0.3 NA NA
Community-later group change in steps between times 0 and 1 (vs. control group change)§ 8683.40 (1992.87) 0.00001 8723.35 (1977.94) 0.00001
Number of patients 63 63
Observation (number of weeks * number of patients) 772 772
R-squared 0.5957 0.6065
Panel B: Weekly average DT
Mixed effect model Two-way Fixed effect model
B (SE) P value B (SE) P value
Time 1 (vs. time 0) 0.4537 (0.3384) 0.1812 NA NA
Community-later group change in DT score between times 0 and 1 (vs. control group change)§ −0.7724 (0.2933) 0.009 −0.7328 (0.2916) 0.0126
Number of patients 46 46
Observation (number of weeks * number of patients) 308 308
R-squared 0.7606 0.7729

PSM, propensity score matching; SE, standard error; DT, Distress Thermometer; NA, not available.

Time variable,

§

Difference-in-difference term, examining difference in steps over time between community-later and control groups.