Missingness in the expanded prostate cancer index short form (EPIC-26) - prevalence, patterns, and explanatory factors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Researchers and clinicians using common clinical assessments need to attend to the prevalence of missing data to ensure the validity of the information gathered. The Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Short Form (EPIC-26) is a commonly used measurement scale used for assessing patients' quality of life, but the measure lacks comprehensive analysis on missing data. We aimed to explore the quantity of missing answers in EPIC-26 and to characterize patterns and possible explanations of missing data in the survey.

Methods

The survey sample consisted of 625 Finnish prostate cancer patients who participated in a study with a 1-year follow-up with three measurement points (0, 6, and 12 months). Descriptive statistics were used to describe the study population and missingness

SUBMITTER: Talvitie AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10426173 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature