What does minimal important change mean to patients? Associations between individualized goal attainment scores and disability, general health status and global change in condition

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 244-250

  Mullis, Ricky ^a   Lewis, Martyn ^a   Hay, Elaine M ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Back pain; Goal scaling; Minimal important change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOBAL CHANGE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GOALS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE;

EID: 79952650351     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01429.x     Document Type: Article

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