The MDP75: A new approach in the determination of the minimal clinically meaningful difference in a scale or a questionnaire

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 618-621

  Falissard, Bruno ^a   Lukasiewicz, Mickael ^a   Corruble, Emmanuelle ^a  

^a HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

Author keywords

Clinical relevance; Minimal difference; Questionnaire; Scale

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION;

EID: 0043062734     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(03)00074-X     Document Type: Article

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