Model structure: VitiQoL
Linear models (M1 and M2) for Total VitiQoL score (TVS) and each of the 16 VitiQoL component scores in a frequentist and Bayesian (TVS only) framework (M3) were modelled. For M3: Bayesian Linear Models (BLM), we assume a model of the form:
where β

The priors on the variance terms σ

The normal prior on the parameters for the fixed effect (β