A guide to survival analysis for manual therapy clinicians and researchers
Hancock, M.J.; Maher, C.G.; Costa, L.ío.d.C.M.; Williams, C.M.
Manual Therapy 19(6): 511-516
2014
ISSN/ISBN: 1532-2769 PMID: 25301339 DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2013.08.007Document Number: 532044
Survival analysis is a statistical approach used to study time to an event of interest. The approach is highly applicable to the manual therapy discipline, yet is rarely used. This masterclass aims to present a simple overview of survival analysis aimed at both clinicians and researchers in the manual therapy field. Specifically the masterclass aims to 1) describe situations where survival analysis is appropriate to use 2) describe unique characteristics of survival data including censoring of participants 3) describe analysis methods for survival data including log rank test and Cox regression 4) describe the interpretation of results from survival analyses including survival plots and hazard ratios.