Summarizing the extent of visit irregularity in longitudinal data

Summarizing the extent of visit irregularity in longitudinal data

Abstract Background Observational longitudinal data often feature irregular, informative visit times. We propose descriptive measures to quantify the extent of irregularity to select an appropriate analytic outcome approach. Methods We divided the study period into bins and calculated the mean propo...

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Main Authors: Armend Lokku, Lily S. Lim, Catherine S. Birken, Eleanor M. Pullenayegum, on behalf of the TARGet Kids! Collaboration
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Subjects:
Longitudinal data
Irregular visits
Visit process
Missing data mechanism
Visit intensity
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-020-01023-w

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