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Table 2 Baseline characterization of the passive mobile data collected in the App

From: Smartphone-based behavioral monitoring and patient-reported outcomes in adults with rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease

Mean (SD) or %

Overall

(N = 446)

RA

(N = 292)

Non-RA

(N = 154)

P-value

(RA vs non- RA)*

PRO outcomes

 Daily pain

4.03 (2.33)

3.75 (2.36)

4.57 (2.18)

0.000

 Daily function

2.60 (1.78)

2.51 (1.83)

2.78 (1.68)

0.130

 Weekly pain

4.16 (2.46)

3.88 (2.41)

4.69 (2.47)

0.001

 Weekly global

3.67 (2.36)

3.43 (2.40)

4.11 (2.23)

0.005

 Weekly HAQ-II

0.81 (0.55)

0.78 (0.56)

0.88 (0.52)

0.078

 Weekly PAS-II

2.88 (1.64)

2.69 (1.65)

3.23 (1.57)

0.002

Passive data

N = 164

N = 109

N = 55

 

 Unreturned calls

1.47 (1.01)

0.53 (1.13)

0.56 (0.86)

 

 Average call duration/call (minutes)

4.07 (6.76)

4.70 (7.90)

2.81 (3.29)

 

 Average SMS length per SMS

72.01 (60.01)

70.67 (52.55)

74.66 (72.67)

 

 Call count

3.98 (4.00)

3.17 (4.16)

3.29 (4.43)

 

 SMS count

17.45 (23.71)

14.98 (22.24)

22.24 (27.35)

 

 Interaction diversity

4.52 (4.19)

4.08 (3.83)

4.53 (5.26)

 

 Missed interactions

0.62 (1.13)

0.68 (1.40)

0.69 (1.12)

 

 Aggregated communication

19.62 (25.65)

18.17 (23.69)

20.04 (29.88)

 
 

N = 412

N = 273

N = 143

 

 Mobility radius

18.79 (96.86)

17.53 (85.09)

11.10 (35.31)

 

 Mobility

1.52 (1.66)

1.44 (1.73)

1.34 (1.66)

 

Passive data, natural log

 Unreturned calls

0.25 (0.46)

0.28 (0.49)

0.193 (0.39)

0.215

 Average call duration/call (minutes)

0.67 (1.19)

0.76 (1.24)

0.50 (1.07)

0.189

 Average SMS length per SMS

4.06 (0.67)

4.03 (0.7)

4.11 (0.57)

0.470

 Call count

0.98 (0.87)

1.0 (0.9)

1.0 (0.8)

0.74

 SMS count

2.11 (1.30)

2.1 (1.3)

2.1 (1.2)

0.99

 Interaction diversity

1.21 (0.77)

1.20 (0.75)

1.22 (0.82)

0.872

 Missed interactions

0.32 (0.51)

0.34 (0.52)

0.29 (0.48)

0.552

 Aggregated communication

2.27 (1.27)

2.24 (1.28)

2.32 (1.26)

0.726

 Mobility radius

1.20 (2.01)

1.25 (2.07)

1.11 (1.89)

0.488

 Mobility

−23 (1.43)

−0.21 (1.44)

−0.26 (1.41)

0.716

Time of day of measurements

N = 446

N = 292

N = 154

 

 morning (%)

28.14

28.08

28.26

0.140

 afternoon (%)

45.98

43.08

51.45

 

 evening/night (%)

25.88

28.85

20.29

 

Reaction time (in hours)

2.11 (0.28)

2.13 (3.83)

2.08 (5.13)

0.937

Working days (%)

76.91

75.34

78.87

0.281

Season

   

0.512

 winter (%)

47.75

45.17

52.60

 

 spring (%)

9.01

9.31

8.44

 

 summer (%)

10.59

11.38

9.09

 

 fall (%)

32.66

34.14

29.87

 
  1. SD Standard Deviation; RA Rheumatoid Arthritis; RD Rheumatic Disease; HAQ-II Health Assessment Questionnaire II; PAS-II Patient Activity Scale-II; SMS Short Message Service