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Table 2 Descriptive statistics for physical activity and exercise support variables

From: Natural patterns of social support for physical activity participation in newly matched breast cancer survivor dyads

Variable

Total

(n = 46)

Good match

(n = 29)

Neutral

(n = 9)

Poor match

(n = 8)

Hedge’s gf

Good vs. Neutral/Good vs. Poor/Neutral vs. Poor

Daily surveys

 Days connected with partner, M(SD)

12.20 (5.00)

13.83 (4.73)

10.78 (4.89)

7.88 (3.00)

.64/1.34/.70

 Days exercised, M(SD)a

16.20 (3.28)

17.48 (2.81)

14.00 (3.54)

14.00 (2.14)

1.16/1.29/.00

  Did not connect and exercised, n days(%)b

465 (48.1%)

350 (57.5%)

67 (35.4%)

48 (28.6%)

 

  Connected and exercised, n days(%)

279 (28.9%)

156 (25.6%)

59 (31.2%)

64 (38.1%)

 

  Connected and did not exercise, n days(%) 

135 (14.0%)

57 (9.4%)

36 (19.0%)

42 (25.0%)

 

  Did not connect and did not exercise, n days(%)

87 (9.0%)

46 (7.6%)

27 (14.3%)

14 (8.3%)

 

 Light PA minutes per week, M(SD)c

1661.00 (478.93)

1728.29 (491.04)

1537.60 (314.27)

1555.79 (588.41)

.42/.34/.04

 MVPA minutes per week, M(SD)c

255.54 (154.61)

287.75 (175.41)

206.26 (89.10)

194.21 (88.41)

.51/.58/.14

 Method of connection, n(%)d

  Text messages

323 (57.6%)

251 (62.6%)

49 (50.5%)

23 (36.5%)

 

  Emails

176 (31.4%)

127 (31.7%)

30 (31.0%)

19 (30.2%)

 

  Phone calls

11 (2.0%)

5 (1.2%)

4 (4.1%)

2 (3.2%)

 

  Videoconferencing

8 (1.4%)

4 (1.0%)

0 (0%)

4 (6.3%)

 

  In-person

3 (0.5%)

3 (0.7%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

 All exercise support needs met, days, M(SD)

9.00 (6.29)

10.69 (6.10)

5.89 (6.60)

6.38 (4.87)

.77/.73/.08

 Esteem support, M(SD)e

2.75 (1.46)

3.33 (1.42)

2.10 (1.09)

1.36 (0.37)

.91/1.54/.89

 Emotional support, M(SD)e

2.63 (1.29)

3.15 (1.27)

2.04 (0.84)

1.40 (0.33)

.93/1.53/.98

 Informational support, M(SD)e

1.58 (0.81)

1.83 (0.91)

1.21 (0.36)

1.09 (0.18)

.76/.90/.41

 Tangible support, M(SD)e

1.46 (0.77)

1.65 (0.91)

1.16 (0.23)

1.10 (0.15)

.61/.67/.30

Follow-up survey

 Exercise partner effectiveness to increase PA, M(SD)

2.17 (0.74)

2.55 (0.51)

1.56 (0.53)

1.50 (0.76)

1.92/1.85/.09

 Enjoyed exercise partner, M(SD)

2.43 (0.69)

2.79 (0.49)

1.89 (0.33)

1.75 (0.71)

1.96/1.92/.26

 Partner similarity, M(SD)

3.11 (1.29)

3.76 (1.02)

2.44 (0.88)

1.50 (0.54)

1.33/2.39/1.27

 Likelihood of future communication with partner, M(SD)

1.96 (0.70)

2.24 (0.64)

1.78 (0.44)

1.13 (0.35)

.76/1.87/1.62

 Likelihood of future participation with another partner, M(SD)

2.70 (0.59)

2.76 (0.51)

2.33 (0.87)

2.87 (0.35)

.71/.23/.80

  1. Note. PA physical activity, MVPA moderate-to-vigorous physical activity
  2. aSelf-reported exercise behavior daily for 21 days (i.e., “did you exercise today?”; 0 = no; 1 = yes)
  3. bDenominator equals number of participants by number of days (n = 21) to yield total observations. For instance, for the total column the denominator would be 966 (46 participants × 21 days = 966 observations)
  4. cObjective physical activity behavior measured via FitBit daily for 21 days
  5. dDenominator equals instances where participants connected (total days across participants). For instance, for the total column the denominator would be 561 (12.2 days connected × 46 participants = 561 instances)
  6. eAverage amount of each type of support across the 21 days (scale range = 1–7)
  7. fHedge’s g effect size, interpreted as .2 = small, .5 = moderate, and .8 = large effect size
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