Proposals on Kaplan-Meier plots in medical research and a survey of stakeholder views: KMunicate.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine reactions to the proposed improvements to standard Kaplan-Meier plots, the standard way to present time-to-event data, and to understand which (if any) facilitated better depiction of (1) the state of patients over time, and (2) uncertainty over time in the estimates of survival.

Design

A survey of stakeholders' opinions on the proposals.

Setting

A web-based survey, open to international participation, for those with an interest in visualisation of time-to-event data.

Participants

1174 people participated in the survey over a 6-week period. Participation was global (although primarily Europe and North America) and represented a wide range of researchers (primarily statisticians and clinicians).

Main outcome measures

Two outcome meas

SUBMITTER: Morris TP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6773317 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature