Missing data and imputation: A practical illustration in a prognostic study on low back pain

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 464-471

  Vergouw, David ^a   Heymans, Martijn W ^b   Van Der Windt, Daniëlle A W M ^a,c   Foster, Nadine E ^c   Dunn, Kate M ^c   Van Der Horst, Henriette E ^a   De Vet, Henrica C W ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bias (Epidemiology); Logistic Models; Low Back Pain; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNAL VALIDITY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84866038692     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: 15326586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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