What does/should the minimum clinically important difference measure?: A reconsideration of its clinical value in evaluating efficacy of lumbar fusion surgery

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 387-397

  Gatchel, Robert J ^a   Mayer, Tom G ^b   Chou, Roger ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anchor based method; biopsychosocial; clinically meaningful benefits; distribution based method; lumbar spine fusion; minimally important change; minimum clinical important difference

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LUMBAR FUSION SURGERY; LUMBAR SPINE; MINIMUM CLINICAL IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL PATIENT; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; PAIN; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861093436     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e3182327f20     Document Type: Article

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