Don't middle your MIDs: Regression to the mean shrinks estimates of minimally important differences

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-4

  Fayers, Peter M ^a,b   Hays, Ron D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical significance; Minimally important difference; Patient reported outcomes; Quality of life; Regression to the mean

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL BIAS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84893276569     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-013-0443-4     Document Type: Article

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