packDAMipd (version 1.1.0)

get_outcome_details: Function to get the details of the outcome column

Description

Function to get the details of the outcome column

Usage

get_outcome_details(trialdata, name, related_words, multiple = FALSE)

Value

the name of the variable related to health outcome (any) and the unique contents if success, else error

Arguments

trialdata,

data containing individual level trial data

name,

name of the variable

related_words,

probable column names

multiple,

indicates true if there are multiple columns

Details

if the words related to outcome is given, the function will get the columns and the codes used for the outcome, the difference here is that certain outcomes can be distributed in multiple columns

Examples

get_outcome_details(
  data.frame("qol.MO" = c(1, 2), "qol.PD" = c(1, 2), "qol.AD" = c(1, 2)),
  "eq5d", "qol", TRUE
)