Mediation analysis with a time-to-event outcome: A review of use and reporting in healthcare research

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Lapointe Shaw, Lauren ^a,b,c   Bouck, Zachary ^d   Howell, Nicholas A ^b,c,e   Lange, Theis ^f,g   Orchanian Cheff, Ani ^h   Austin, Peter C ^b,c   Ivers, Noah M ^a,b,c,d   Redelmeier, Donald A ^a,b,c   Bell, Chaim M ^a,b,c,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

ⁱ MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Counterfactuals; Indirect effect; Mediation; Mediation analysis, Survival, Time to event, Methodology; Reporting

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTOR;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EFFECT MODIFIER, EPIDEMIOLOGIC; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85055616709     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12874-018-0578-7     Document Type: Review

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