Move over LOCF: Principled methods for handling missing data in sleep disorder trials

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 123-132

  Olsen, Maren K ^a,b   Stechuchak, Karen M ^a   Edinger, Jack D ^a,b   Ulmer, Christi S ^a,b   Woolson, Robert F ^a,b  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Last observation carried forward; Longitudinal data; Missing data; Mixed effects models; Multiple imputation; Sleep trials

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FOLLOW UP; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSOMNIA; LAST OBSERVATION CARRIED FORWARD; METHODOLOGY; MISSING DATA; NOMENCLATURE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 84856485475     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2011.09.007     Document Type: Review

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