Investigation of bias due to loss of participants in a Dutch multicentre prospective spinal cord injury cohort study

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 382-389

  de Groot, Sonja ^a,b   Haisma, Janneke A ^c   Post, Marcel W M ^d   van Asbeck, Floris W A ^d   van der Woude, Lucas H V ^a,b  

^a Rehabilitaton Center Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Follow up studies; Patient dropouts; Prospective studies; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NONRESPONSE BIAS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REHABILITATION CARE; REHABILITATION CENTER; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WELLBEING; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64349102094     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0346     Document Type: Article

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