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  • Biostatistics
  • Health Research Methodology

Background:

  • Missing data, particularly not-at-random missingness, poses significant challenges in health research.
  • Existing methods may not adequately address complex missing data patterns.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose and evaluate a new statistical approach for handling not-at-random missing data after multiple imputation.
  • To provide a framework for sensitivity analysis regarding missing data mechanisms.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a weighted analysis method for stacked multiple imputations to account for not-at-random missingness.
  • Simulation studies to assess the performance of the proposed method.
  • Application to real-world data on human papillomavirus test results in oropharyngeal cancer patients.

Main Results:

  • The proposed method demonstrates excellent performance when the missingness model is correctly specified.
  • The approach facilitates sensitivity analyses to evaluate robustness to different missingness assumptions.

Conclusions:

  • The novel weighted analysis of stacked multiple imputations effectively addresses not-at-random missing data.
  • The R package StackImpute aids in implementing routine sensitivity analyses for missing data in health research.