A pattern-mixture model approach for handling missing continuous outcome data in longitudinal cluster randomized trials
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Univ Arizona, Mel & Enid Zuckerman Coll Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol & BiostatIssue Date
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Fiero MH, Hsu C‐H, Bell ML. A pattern‐mixture model approach for handling missing continuous outcome data in longitudinal cluster randomized trials. Statistics in Medicine. 2017;36:4094–4105. https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.7418Journal
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We extend the pattern-mixture approach to handle missing continuous outcome data in longitudinal cluster randomized trials, which randomize groups of individuals to treatment arms, rather than the individuals themselves. Individuals who drop out at the same time point are grouped into the same dropout pattern. We approach extrapolation of the pattern-mixture model by applying multilevel multiple imputation, which imputes missing values while appropriately accounting for the hierarchical data structure found in cluster randomized trials. To assess parameters of interest under various missing data assumptions, imputed values are multiplied by a sensitivity parameter, k, which increases or decreases imputed values. Using simulated data, we show that estimates of parameters of interest can vary widely under differing missing data assumptions. We conduct a sensitivity analysis using real data from a cluster randomized trial by increasing k until the treatment effect inference changes. By performing a sensitivity analysis for missing data, researchers can assess whether certain missing data assumptions are reasonable for their cluster randomized trial.Note
12 month embargo; published online: 07 August 2017ISSN
0277-6715PubMed ID
28783884DOI
10.1002/sim.7418Version
Final accepted manuscriptSponsors
National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health [P30 CA023074]Additional Links
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/sim.7418ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1002/sim.7418
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