Strategies for assessing the impact of loss to follow-up on estimates of neurodevelopmental impairment in a very preterm cohort at 2 years of age

Strategies for assessing the impact of loss to follow-up on estimates of neurodevelopmental impairment in a very preterm cohort at 2 years of age

Abstract Background Loss to follow-up is a major challenge for very preterm (VPT) cohorts; attrition is associated with social disadvantage and parents with impaired children may participate less in research. We investigated the impact of loss to follow-up on the estimated prevalence of neurodevelop...

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Main Authors: Aurélie Piedvache, Stef van Buuren, Henrique Barros, Ana Isabel Ribeiro, Elizabeth Draper, Jennifer Zeitlin, the EPICE Research group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-06-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Subjects:
Loss to follow-up
Preterm births
Neurodevelopment
Multiple imputation
Inverse probability weighting
Delta method
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-021-01264-3

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-021-01264-3

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