Proper analysis in clinical trials: How to report and adjust for missing outcome data

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 915-919

  Joshi, M ^a   Royuela, A ^b,c   Zamora, J ^b,c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; DATA ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879236972     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12219     Document Type: Note

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