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Outcomes from stroke rehabilitation in Veterans Affairs rehabilitation units: detecting and correcting for selection bias.

Vogel WB, Rittman M, Bradshaw P, Nissen D, Anderson L, Bates B, Marshall C. Outcomes from stroke rehabilitation in Veterans Affairs rehabilitation units: detecting and correcting for selection bias. Journal of rehabilitation research and development. 2002 May 1; 39(3):367-83.

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Abstract:

This paper addresses the issue of statistical selection bias in multivariate models of functional gain estimated from observational data. Stroke patients from 20 high-volume Veterans Affairs Medical Centers (VAMCs) with acute and subacute inpatient rehabilitation treatment units were observed. Their gains in overall, motor, and cognitive functional status were measured with the use of the Functional Independence Measure (FIM). In estimating multivariate models of FIM gain during rehabilitation using these observational data, we found statistically significant evidence of selection bias, along with considerable differences in inferences between standard multivariate analyses and our selectivity-corrected models. Our results demonstrate the importance of detecting and correcting for statistical selection bias when one uses nonexperimental data to study gains in functional status.





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