Missing forms and dropout in the TME quality of life substudy

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 857-865

  Putter, H ^a   Marijnen, C A M ^a   Kranenbarg, E Klein ^a   Van De Velde, C J H ^a   Stiggelbout, A M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Missing data; Non random dropout; Pattern mixture models; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTUM CANCER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOTAL MESORECTAL EXCISION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; NETHERLANDS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT DROPOUTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 17744366671     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-004-0834-7     Document Type: Article

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