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The impact of missing data was investigated using the last value carried forward (LVCF) imputation method, assuming that a participant's scores remained constant until the next response was observed.
Statistical analysis based on the intention-to-treat principle while using the last value technique.
Missing data (due to loss to follow up) will be imputed using the last value carried forwards method [ 35].
Intention to treat analysis will be used with any missing health outcome data imputed using the last value carry forward method [ 46].
To control for outliers and maintain the full sample size, we winsorized age, education, partner age, partner education, number of children, and number of pregnancies using the last value carried forward method to impute missing and extreme values.
However, the impact of missing data was explored for the four families (2.6 %) with partial data (7-month data available but not 13-month), using the last value carried forward.
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For EQ-5D, we used the last value carried forward, as patients' last score is likely to be the best predictor of the missing value.
For missing data at six months (n = 3; due to death or loss to transplantation), we used the last value carried forward approach [ 14].
Other nonstructural missing values were very sporadic and imputed using the last-value-carried-forward approach.
To address potential biases due to incomplete follow-up data, we imputed missing values using the last known value carried forward.
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