Applying missing data methods to routine data: a prospective, population-based register of people with diabetes

Applying Missing Data Methods to Routine Data Using the Example of a Population-based Register of Patients with Diabetes

Psychoeducation on Improving Mental Health Literacy and Adjustment to Illness in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: An Experimental Stud

Objectives: The present study investigated the role of psychoeducation in improving mental health literacy and adaptation in patients with type 2 diabetes.  Methods: The present study was an interventional study with pre-test, post-test and follow-up design with a control group. The study population included patients with type 2 diabetes who referred to Iran Hospital. Based on the research met...

DEA with Missing Data: An Interval Data Assignment Approach

In the classical data envelopment analysis (DEA) models, inputs and outputs are assumed as known variables, and these models cannot deal with unknown amounts of variables directly. In recent years, there are few researches on handling missing data. This paper suggests a new interval based approach to apply missing data, which is the modified version of Kousmanen (2009) approach. First, the prop...

Marginal Analysis of A Population-Based Genetic Association Study of Quantitative Traits with Incomplete Longitudinal Data

A common study to investigate gene-environment interaction is designed to be longitudinal and population-based. Data arising from longitudinal association studies often contain missing responses. Naive analysis without taking missingness into account may produce invalid inference, especially when the missing data mechanism depends on the response process. To address this issue in the ana...

Association between Socio-structural Factors and History of Gestational Diabetes: A Population-based Cohort Study in Hoveyzeh County

Introduction: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated with several consequences during pregnancy and later life. Few studies have focused on social factors related to gestational diabetes using combined indicators. Materials and Methods: The data of the Hoveyzeh cohort study were used in this study. The studied population was women aged 35-70 from Hoveyzeh County, who were enrolled in...