Table 2.
Standardized Estimates (and Standard Errors) from 2-Level Growth Models Examining Changes in Body Image in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer.
| Model 1 (Unconditional) |
Model 2 (Time Only) |
Model 3 (Explanatory) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed Effects | |||
| Level 1: Time-Dependent Factors | |||
| Time (T0, T1, T2, T3) | - | 1.19 *** (0.19) |
0.60 ** (0.21) |
| Time *Time | - | −0.81 *** (0.18) |
−0.37 * (0.19) |
| Time *Time *Time | - | 0.15 ** (0.039) |
0.068 (0.041) |
| FACT PHYSICAL | - | - | −0.12 ** (0.044) |
| FACT HEAD NECK | - | - | −0.15 ** (0.043) |
| HADS ANXIETY | - | - | 0.13 ** (0.046) |
| HADS DEPRESSION | - | - | 0.12 * (0.056) |
| Time*HADS DEPRESSION | - | - | 0.067 * (0.028) |
| DISFIGUREMENT | - | - | 0.079 * (0.037) |
| Level 2: Time-Invariant Factors | |||
| Age at Baseline | - | - | −0.13 ** (0.049) |
| Female | - | - | 0.22 * (0.095) |
| Stage III/IV | - | - | 0.24 * (0.10) |
| COPE DENIAL | - | - | 0.12 ** (0.044) |
| Married † | - | - | −0.36 (0.21) |
| Divorced † | - | - | −0.14 (0.23) |
| Single † | - | - | −0.59 * (0.25) |
| French Language | - | - | 0.19 * (0.086) |
| Error Variance | |||
| Intercept | 0.551 *** (0.072) |
0.547 *** (0.072) |
0.203 *** (0.037) |
| Time | - | 0.025 * (0.012) |
0.014 (0.009) |
| Residual | 0.463 *** (0.033) |
0.371 *** (0.030) |
0.314 *** (0.026) |
| Model Fit | |||
| AIC | 1611.4 | 1572.3 | 1181.3 |
| BIC | 1618.2 | 1582.6 | 1251.9 |
† Reference category was Widowed. * p ≤ 0.05; ** p ≤ 0.01; *** p < 0.0001.