Inconsistent definitions for intention-to-treat in relation to missing outcome data: systematic review of the methods literature.

Inconsistent definitions for intention-to-treat in relation to missing outcome data: systematic review of the methods literature.

Authors of randomized trial reports seem to hold a variety of views regarding the relationship between missing outcome data (MOD) and intention to treat (ITT). The objectives of this study were to systematically investigate how authors of methodology articles define ITT in the presence of MOD, how t...

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Main Authors: Mohamad Alshurafa, Matthias Briel, Elie A Akl, Ted Haines, Paul Moayyedi, Stephen J Gentles, Lorena Rios, Chau Tran, Neera Bhatnagar, Francois Lamontagne, Stephen D Walter, Gordon H Guyatt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3499557?pdf=render

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