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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Aug 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2021 May 4;127(16):2980–2989. doi: 10.1002/cncr.33617

Online only Table 1:

Relationship between symptom reporting participation rate and baseline patient and caregiver characteristics, estimated from univariate negative binomial regression.

Patient

n IRR 95% CI p-value

Female 26 1.063 0.202–5.584 0.943

Age 52 0.984 0.768–1.260 0.898

Academic performance
 All A's (Ref) 16 Ref Ref Ref
 Mostly As and Bs 19 0.776 0.106 – 5.933 0.807
 Mostly Bs and Cs 10 0.379 0.034 – 4.233 0.807
 Mostly Cs 4 0.062 0.002 – 2.272 0.130

Internet usage
 1–2hours/day (Ref) 18 Ref Ref Ref
 <1 hour/day 1 0.136 0.0004 – 42.014 0.496
 2–4 hours/day 12 0.778 0.085 – 7.085 0.824
 >4 hours/day 20 0.820 0.119 – 5.633 0.840

Patient possesses own device 44 2.914 0.256 – 33.224 0.389

Cellphone data plan >10GB/month 30 1.381 0.171 – 11.151 0.762

Race
 Caucasian (Ref) 35 Ref Ref Ref
 Black 9 0.254 0.028 – 2.351 0.228
 Asian 4 0.303 0.013 – 7.155 0.459
 Other 3 6.030 0.110 – 107.241 0.482

Reason for chemotherapy
 Hematologic malignancy 18 Ref Ref Ref
 HSCT 8 0.009 0.007 – 0.096 <0.0005
 Neurologic malignancy 8 0.734 0.068 – 7.921 0.799
 Solid malignancy 18 0.937 0.142 – 6.196 0.946

Caregiver age 51 1.000 0.837 – 1.194 0.997

Caregiver education
 No college degree (Ref) 26 Ref Ref Ref
 College degree 24 0.688 0.125 – 3.780 0.667

Caregiver relationship
 Mother (Ref) 36 Ref Ref Ref
 Father 14 1.760 0.274 – 11.318 0.552
 Other 1 0.028 0.0001 – 7.665 0.212

Caregiver employment
 Full- or part-time (Ref) 30 Ref Ref Ref
 On leave, unemployed, or retired 20 0.272 0.051 – 1.458 0.128

Proxy

n IRR 95% CI p-value

Caregiver relationship
 Mother (Ref) 36 Ref Ref Ref
 Father 14 2.233 0.003 – 13.646 0.384
 Other 1 0.003 0.00001 – 1.101 0.054

Caregiver Age 51 0.998 0.855 – 1.165 0.976

Caregiver Race
 Caucasian (Ref) 35 Ref Ref Ref
 Black 9 0.162 0.017 – 1.499 0.109
 Asian 4 0.353 0.017 – 7.410 0.503
 Other 3 1.470 0.043 – 50.121 0.830

Caregiver education
 No college degree (Ref) 26 Ref Ref Ref
 College degree 24 1.086 0.203 – 5.819 0.923

Caregiver employment
 Full- or part-time (Ref) 30 Ref Ref Ref
 On leave, unemployed, or retired 20 0.297 0.057 – 1.554 0.151

Caregiver Internet usage
 1–2hours/day (Ref) 22 Ref Ref Ref
 <1 hour/day 8 0.109 0.011 – 1.171 0.067
 2–4 hours/day 12 0.667 0.085 – 5.209 0.699
 >4 hours/day 8 0.350 0.035 – 3.538 0.374

Caregiver Cellphone data plan >10GB/month 30 1.043 0.382–2.850 0.934

Patient age 52 0.958 0.755 – 1.217 0.727

Female patient 26 0.867 0.167 – 4.512 0.865

Patient Reason for chemotherapy
 Hematologic malignancy (Ref) 18 Ref Ref Ref
 HSCT 8 0.008 0.0007 – 0.101 <0.0005
 Neurologic malignancy 8 1.053 0.096 – 11.531 0.966
 Solid malignancy 18 1.532 0.237 – 9.900 0.654

IRR = Incidence rate ratio