Description
Convenient Plotting for the Modified Rankin Scale and Other Ordinal Outcome Data.
Description
Provides convenient tools for visualising ordinal outcome data following the "Grotta Bar" approach pioneered by The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke rt-PA Stroke Study Group (1995) <doi:10.1056/NEJM199512143332401>.
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rankinPlot
A small R utility for plotting modified Rankin Score (mRS) data for stroke research.
Currently supports:
- Grotta Bars
A Grotta bar chart is a common data visualisation tool in stroke research, and is in essence a horizontally stacked proportional bar chart showing the distribution of ordinal outcome data (typically the modified Rankin Scale) across groups, with lines drawn connecting categories across groups.