Addressing the challenges of obtaining functional outcomes in traumatic brain injury research: Missing data patterns, timing of follow-up, and three prognostic models

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1029-1038

  Zelnick, Leila R ^a   Morrison, Laurie J ^b   Devlin, Sean M ^c   Bulger, Eileen M ^d   Brasel, Karen J ^e   Sheehan, Kellie ^a   Minei, Joseph P ^f   Kerby, Jeffrey D ^g   Tisherman, Samuel A ^h   Rizoli, Sandro ⁱ   Karmy Jones, Riyad ^j   Van Heest, Rardi ^k   Newgard, Craig D ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

ⁱ ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^j Southwest Washington Medical Center   (United States)

^k ROYAL COLUMBIAN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^l OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

clinical trial design; functional outcomes; prognostic models; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN INJURIES; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901998123     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2013.3122     Document Type: Article

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