Treatment of missing data in follow-up studies of randomised controlled trials: A systematic review of the literature

Clinical Trials

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 387-395

  Sullivan, Thomas R ^a   Yelland, Lisa N ^a,b   Lee, Katherine J ^c,d   Ryan, Philip ^a   Salter, Amy B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

clinical trial; Extended follow up; intention to treat; missing data

Indexed keywords

FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MISSING DATA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; INFORMED CONSENT; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME FACTOR;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85026463121     PISSN: 17407745     EISSN: 17407753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1740774517703319     Document Type: Review

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