Browne JP, van der Meulen JH, Lewsey JD, Lamping DL, Black N;

2010

August

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Mathematical coupling may account for the association between baseline severity and minimally important difference values.

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To generate anchor-based values for the "minimally important difference" (MID) for a number of commonly used patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures and to examine whether these values could be applied across the continuum of preoperative patient severity.

10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.10.004