get_outcome_details {packDAMipd}

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)

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

Value

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

Examples

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