Table 4 Baseline mean differences between patients that withdrew and completed the study.

From: Design and methods of the mobile assessment of cognition, environment, and sleep (MACES) feasibility study in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients

Variable

(mean or %, ± SD)

All

N = 49

Withdrawn

N = 22

Completers

N = 27

P-value

Smart phone data

N = 46

N = 16

N = 27

 

 EMA Surveys Completed (%)

79.1 ± 23.3

66.3 ± 25.7

88.2 ± 16.7

 < 0.01*

 Ambulatory Assessments Completed (%)

78.3 ± 23.3

65.9 ± 26.4

87.0 ± 16.3

 < 0.01*

Perceived cognition

 Cognitive Ability (AU)

76.3 ± 16.0

74.2 ± 16.7

77.7 ± 15.7

0.48

 Days impairment reported (%)

0.21 ± 0.30

0.26 ± 0.37

0.16 ± 0.23

0.30

 Impairment Severity (AU)

17.8 ± 16.9

20.3 ± 17.3

16.0 ± 16.6

0.40

 Impairment Impact (AU)

14.7 ± 17.9

19.2 ± 22.9

11.5 ± 12.9

0.21

Objective cognition

 Symbol Search (RT)

1814 ± 567

2011 ± 792

1675 ± 271

0.09

 Change Detection (k-value)

3.1 ± 0.6

3.0 ± 0.7

3.3 ± 0.5

0.17

 Shopping List (# accurate trials)

7.8 ± 1.0

7.7 ± 1.0

7.9 ± 0.9

0.44

Affect (AU)

 Worried

19.6 ± 20.1

22.4 ± 21.9

17.7 ± 18.9

0.46

 Happy

71.7 ± 17.4

73.9 ± 12.4

70.1 ± 20.3

0.44

 Fatigue

36.1 ± 22.5

36.9 ± 22.1

35.6 ± 23.1

0.84

 Stress

25.8 ± 23.4

27.2 ± 21.9

24.9 ± 24.9

0.75

 Sad

18.8 ± 19.8

19.1 ± 17.6

18.6 ± 21.6

0.94

 Pain

18.1 ± 19.8

18.7 ± 19.5

17.7 ± 20.3

0.86

Nighttime sleep

N = 45

N = 19

N = 26

 

 Valid days

6.3 ± 2.2

5.1 ± 2.3

7.1 ± 1.8

 < 0.01*

 Sleep Midpoint (military time, h)

02:54 ± 01:00

02:54 ± 01:12

02:54 ± 00:54

0.93

 Sleep Midpoint Variability (military time, h)

00:37 ± 00:17

00:39 ± 00:20

00:35 ± 00:166

0.84

 Total Sleep Time (h)

7.6 ± 1.0

7.6 ± 1.3

7.7 ± 0.8

0.87

 Total Sleep Time Variability (h)

1.1 ± 0.5

1.4 ± 0.6

1.0 ± 0.4

0.07

 WASO (min)

44.2 ± 21.7

43.9 ± 19.5

44.5 ± 23.5

0.88

Physical activity

N = 45

N = 18

N = 27

 

 Valid Days

6.5 ± 2.1

5.4 ± 2.2

7.2 ± 1.8

 < 0.01*

 Wear Time (h/day)

13.9 ± 2.7

13.6 ± 2.6

14.2 ± 2.7

0.35

 Steps per day

6638.2 ± 4696.6

7139.6 ± 4500.1

6303.9 ± 4878.3

0.51

 Sedentary Time (%)

70.6 ± 9.4

69.3 ± 8.5

71.6 ± 9.9

0.43

 Light Activity Time (%)

28.2 ± 8.9

29.1 ± 8.4

27.5 ± 9.4

0.57

 Moderate Activity Time (%)

1.2 ± 2.0

1.6 ± 3.0

0.92 ± 0.93

0.26

  1. Standard Deviation (SD), Wake After Sleep Onset (WASO), Arbitrary Units (AU) on 100 point visual analog scale.
  2. *P < 0.05.