Relationship between reasons for intermittent missing patient-reported outcomes data and missing data mechanisms.
Lene Kongsgaard NielsenRebecca Mercieca-BebberSören MöllerLouise RedderMary JardenChristen Lykkegaard AndersenHenrik FrederiksenAsta SvirskaiteTrine SilkjærMorten Saaby SteffensenPer Trøllund PedersenMaja HingeMikael FrederiksenBo Amdi JensenCarsten HellebergAnne Kærsgaard MylinNiels AbildgaardMadeleine T KingPublished in: Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation (2024)
Intermittent NRs due to hospital admission, mental or physical reasons were aligned with MNAR mechanism for nearly half of PRO domains, while intermittent NRs due to technical difficulties/procedural errors or other/unspecified reasons generally were aligned with MCAR mechanism.