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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Mar 13.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Promot. 2021 Aug 4;36(1):94–105. doi: 10.1177/08901171211036700

Table 1.

Adherence in Wearing Activity Tracker among African American Breast Cancer Survivors in eHealth Weight Loss Trial.

Baseline characteristics Na Months 1–3 days/week Median (IQR) p-valueb Months 4–6 days/week Median (IQR) p-valueb Na,c Months 7–9 days/week Median (IQR) p-valueb Months l0-l2 days/week Median (IQR) p-valueb

Overall 44c 6.73 (1.09) 6.35 (1.73) 34 6.42 (l.8l) 6.23 (l.40)
Intervention group 0.738 0.868 0.73 0.65
 Fitbit onlyd 17 6.85 (1.50) 6.00 (1.61) l7 6.62 (2.23) 6.23 (l.27)
 SparkPeople + Fitbit 17 6.69 (1.23) 6.54 (l.88) l7 6.38 (l.54) 6.l5 (2.77)
 SparkPeople Premium + Fitbit 10 6.81 (0.44) 6.39 (2.46) 0
Age 0.693 0.439 0.l2 0.044
 < 60 years 19 6.69 (1.85) 6.08 (2.00) l4 5.88 (2.46) 5.69 (2.98)
 ≥ 60 years 25 6.85 (0.73) 6.62 (l.65) 20 6.65 (0.85) 6.46 (0.92)
Marital Status 0.645 0.857 0.826 0.9l6
 Married 17 6.77 (0.92) 6.54 (2.16) l3 6.38 (l.08) 6.23 (3.23)
 Widowed/divorced 12 6.47 (1.59) 6.00 (1.76) l2 6.00 (2.83) 5.85 (l.62)
 Never married/unknown 14 6.77 (0.69) 6.62 (l.l3) 8 6.65 (l.40) 6.3l (3.38)
Employment status 0.859 0.78l 0.4l3 0.305
 Employed 17 6.85 (0.80) 6.62 (l.6l) l0 6.35 (l.46) 5.96 (0.87)
 Unemployed 7 6.77 (1.92) 6.08 (2.85) 7 5.77 (2.77) 4.85 (3.60)
 Retired 20 6.69 (1.30) 6.3l (2.27) l7 6.46 (2.l5) 6.46 (l.00)
Education 0.051 0.799 0.874 0.654
 High school or less 6 6.27 (3.56) 6.08 (4.60) 5 6.69 (3.69) 6.27 (4.46)
 Some college 15 7.00 (0.38) 5.08 (l.46) ll 6.38 (2.46) 5.85 (2.3l)
 College graduate 23 6.69 (1.15) 6.62 (l.69) l8 6.42 (l.l0) 6.62 (l.35)
Number of people in household 0.161 0.l25 0.008 0.0l2
 1 10 6.77 (1.15) 6.35 (l.77) 7 4.92 (2.69) 5.69 (3.00)
 2–3 25 6.85 (0.54) 6.62 (l.l5) 20 6.69 (0.69) 6.62 (0.85)
 4–5 9 4.69 (3.62) 3.77 (4.66) 7 3.46 (4.85) 3.69 (4.54)
Number of conditions 0.039 0.062 0.l4 0.205
 0–2 20 6.92 (0.44) 6.66 (l.29) l2 6.42 (0.7l) 6.27 (l.l0)
 3–4 14 6.73 (0.98) 6.08 (l.62) l2 6.77 (l.l0) 6.3l (l.2l)
 ≥5 10 5.10 (3.42) 4.66 (4.48) l0 4.69 (4.l5) 4.46 (4.90)
Charlson comorbidity 0.641 0.27 0.7l4 0.9l3
 0 23 6.85 (0.69) 6.62 (l.54) l6 6.54 (l.l7) 6.l5 (l.l0)
 1 13 6.69 (1.54) 6.00 (l.88) l0 6.l9 (l.98) 6.23 (3.96)
 ≥2 8 6.73 (3.04) 5.35 (4.50) 8 6.l9 (3.8l) 6.23 (3.77)
Breast cancer stage 0.259 0.637 0.034 0.08
 0 or I 16 6.85 (0.83) 6.39 (l.3l) l3 6.77 (0.73) 6.62 (0.65)
 II 15 6.62 (2.3l) 6.08 (4.39) l0 5.27 (3.l7) 5.69 (2.88)
 III 7 7.00 (0.46) 6.54 (1.3l) 7 6.38 (l.08) 5.92 (l.l7)
Chemotherapy 0.416 0.75 0.86l 0.803
 No 16 6.54 (1.32) 6.70 (l.93) l3 6.46 (2.62) 6.35 (3.l2)
 Yes 28 6.77 (0.42) 6.l2 (l.79) 2l 6.38 (l.42) 6.l5 (0.98)
Years since diagnosis 0.29 0.93l 0.558 0.053
 1–5 20 6.92 (0.56) 6.08 (l.52) l5 6.38 (l.38) 6.65 (l.56)
 ≥ 6 14 6.66 (0.7l) 6.08 (l.99) 9 6.23 (2.l2) 5.85 (0.69)
Baseline BMI (kg/m2) 0.239 0.473 0.304 0.245
 25–29.9 7 6.69 (1.30) 6.00 (l.62) 6 6.l9 (l.58) 6.46 (2.l3)
 30–34.9 17 6.69 (1.00) 6.00 (2.23) ll 6.23 (l.38) 6.l5 (l.96)
 35–39.9 7 6.92 (0.15) 6.77 (0.30) 7 6.77 (0.23) 6.3l (0.85)
 40+ 11 6.62 (3.23) 6.62 (4.77) l0 5.50 (3.62) 5.69 (4.58)
Smoking status 0.524 0.056 0.074 0.254
 never 31 6.77 (1.00) 6.69 (l.6l) 22 6.54 (0.69) 6.23 (l.08)
 current or former 13 6.69 (2.54) 6.00 (2.85) l2 5.62 (3.08) 5.69 (3.46)
Baseline QOL category 0.469 0.11 0.418 0.788
 1 (best) 12 6.92 (0.83) 6.81 (0.32) 10 6.77 (1.21) 6.27 (1.31)
 2 11 6.69 (1.38) 5.92 (l.3l) 8 5.88 (2.13) 6.69 (1.08)
 3 12 6.62 (2.17) 5.54 (4.22) 8 5.65 (4.69) 5.69 (5.38)
 4 (worst) 9 6.69 (0.81) 6.62 (0.81) 8 6.46 (0.48) 6.15 (2.69)
Fatigue in past 4 weeks 0.437 0.111 0.251 0.737
 Never—sometimes 25 6.85 (0.77) 6.62 (1.46) 18 6.50 (0.90) 6.23 (1.00)
 More often—always 19 6.69 (1.92) 6.08 (3.00) 16 6.35 (3.54) 5.85 (3.69)
Poor physical health in past 0.246 0.339 0.585 0.427
 30 days
 0 22 6.88 (0.71) 6.12 (2.23) 14 6.31 (2.23) 6.62 (1.38)
 1–5 13 6.85 (0.54) 6.62 (0.77) 12 6.54 (0.71) 6.23 (0.96)
 > 5 9 5.77 (2.66) 6.00 (5.12) 8 5.77 (4.06) 5.85 (4.77)
Poor mental health in past 0.605 0.15 0.585 0.89
 30 days
 0 17 6.85 (0.65) 6.77 (1.38) 12 6.69 (1.71) 6.23 (1.00)
 1–5 11 6.92 (1.38) 6.54 (1.31) 8 6.38 (0.81) 6.15 (1.02)
 > 5 13 6.62 (l.54) 6.00 (3.31) 12 6.35 (2.48) 6.23 (3.62)

Abbreviation: IQR Interquartile range.

a

Numbers may not add to total due to missing data.

b

p-value using non-parametric Mann-Whitney U-Test or Kruskal-Wallis Test.

c

N = 34 for Months 7–12 data (Spark Premium + Fitbit group was only in study for 6 months).

d

Fitbit only group started SparkPeople in Month 7.