The minimal detectable change should not replace the minimal important difference

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 804-805

  de Vet, Henrica C W ^a   Terwee, Caroline B ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MINIMAL DETECTABLE CHANGE; MINIMAL IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77952419958     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.12.015     Document Type: Letter

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