作者
Rebecca Mercieca-Bebber, Michael J Palmer, Michael Brundage, Melanie Calvert, Martin R Stockler, Madeleine T King
发表日期
2016/6/1
来源
BMJ open
卷号
6
期号
6
页码范围
e010938
出版商
British Medical Journal Publishing Group
简介
Objectives
Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) provide important information about the impact of treatment from the patients' perspective. However, missing PRO data may compromise the interpretability and value of the findings. We aimed to report: (1) a non-technical summary of problems caused by missing PRO data; and (2) a systematic review by collating strategies to: (A) minimise rates of missing PRO data, and (B) facilitate transparent interpretation and reporting of missing PRO data in clinical research. Our systematic review does not address statistical handling of missing PRO data.
Data sources
MEDLINE and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) databases (inception to 31 March 2015), and citing articles and reference lists from relevant sources.
Eligibility criteria
English articles providing recommendations for reducing missing PRO data rates, or strategies to facilitate transparent …
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