Silence is golden, but my measures still see—why cheaper-but-noisier outcome measures in large simple trials can be more cost-effective than gold standards
Cheaper-but-noisier questionnaires containing just a few questions can be a cost-effective way of maximising power. However, their use requires a judgement on the trade-off between the potential increase in risk of information bias and the reduction in the potential of selection bias due to the expected higher response rates.
Authors
- Benjamin Woolf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1505-2570)
- Hugo Pedder
- Phil Edwards (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4431-8822)
- Henry Rodriguez‐Broadbent (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6301-8860)
Institutions
- University of London (GB)
- Bristol City Council (GB)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- Medical Research Council (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Trials
- Published
- 2024-08-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-024-08374-5
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.38