Let us assume that the blood pressure values were supposed to be collected each visit from weeks 1 to 5
For some reason, Week 3 and week 5 results were not collected
For analysis purposes, we may be asked to use the last available result before a missing result instead of the missing result at that visit
We call this as 'Last observation carried forward'.
SYSBP
Week 1
SYSBP
Week 2
SYSBP
Week 3
SYSBP
Week 4
SYSBP
Week 5
In this lesson,
We will see how to populate the missing result on a record with last available result value
VARIABLE_NAME
VARIABLE_LABEL
DERIVATION
AVAL
Analysis Value
On the records where AVAL is missing, retain the value from the last available result before the time point where result is missing within a subject and parameter.
DTYPE
Derivation Type
Set to 'LOCF' on the record where AVAL is imputed.
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