zepid.datasets.load_sciatica_data¶
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zepid.datasets.
load_sciatica_data
()¶ Loads the Sciatica Trial data published in; Mertens, BJA, Jacobs, WCH, Brand, R, and Peul, WC. Assessment of patient-specific surgery effect based on weighted estimation and propensity scoring in the re-analysis of the Sciatica Trial. PLOS One 2014. Details of the original Sciatica Trial are available in; Peul WC, van Houwelingen HC, van den Hout WB, et al. Surgery versus Prolonged Conservative Treatment for Sciatica. NEJM 2007 DOI: 10.1177/0962280214545529
Notes
- Variables included are
- id: unique identifier for patient
- tpoints: follow-up time period
- time: follow-up time
- age_b: age at follow-up time
- age_t: age at randomization
- vas1_t: VAS score
- vas2_t: VAS score
- roland_t: Roland score
- likert_t: Likert score
- vas1_b: VAS1 at baseline
- vas2_b: VAS2 at baseline
- roland_b: Roland score at baseline
- likert_b: Likert score at baseline
- male: participant gender (1 is male, 0 is female)
- weight: participant weight in kilograms
- height: participant height in meters
- surgery: whether participant received the surgery (1 is surgery, 0 is not yet surgery)
Returns: Returns pandas DataFrame Return type: DataFrame