Although not consistently superior, the absolute approach to framing the minimally important difference has advantages over the relative approach

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 888-894

  Zhang, Yuqing ^a   Zhang, Shiyuan ^a   Thabane, Lehana ^a   Furukawa, Toshi A ^b   Johnston, Bradley C ^c,d,e   Guyatt, Gordon H ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anchor based method; Global rating of change; Health related quality of life; HRQOL; MCID; MID; Minimal important different; Patient reported outcomes; PRO

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COGNITION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISABILITY; DYSPNEA; EMOTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FATIGUE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOMES; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; WELLBEING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84933177345     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.02.017     Document Type: Article

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