Devising a Missing Data Rule for a Quality of Life Questionnaire-A Simulation Study.

Peter Jacoby Andrew J O Whitehouse Helen Margaret Leonard Jacinta M SaldarisScott DemarestTim BenkeJennepher Anne Downs

Published in: Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP (2022)

Empirical evidence about the impact of imputing missing questionnaire responses can be gathered using simulation methods applied to a complete data set. We recommend that such evidence be used in devising a rule that specifies how many items can be imputed for a valid score to be calculated.

Keyphrases

electronic health record
cross sectional
big data
psychometric properties
data analysis