Clinical significance in nursing research: A discussion and descriptive analysis

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 73, Issue , 2017, Pages 17-23

  Polit, Denise F ^a,b  

^a Humanalysis Inc   (United States)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Change scores; Clinical significance; COSMIN; Effect size index; Evidence based practice; Minimal clinically important difference; Minimal important change; Reliable Change Index; Responder analysis; Statistical significance

Indexed keywords

CONSCIOUSNESS; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MINIMAL CLINICALLY IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE; NURSE RESEARCHER; NURSING LITERATURE; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING SCIENCE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; NURSING RESEARCH;

EID: 85019629698     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2017.05.002     Document Type: Note

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