Abstract
Utilising consistent terminology and a rigorous approach to determining and reporting minimal important change to the patient (MICP) would elevate quality of measurement science in our field and bolster confidence in using PROs as first-tier endpoints https://bit.ly/3OOGNhc
Footnotes
Conflict of interest: J. Swigris is the developer of several patient-reported outcome measures. Along with National Jewish Health (who owns the copyrights for them), J. Swigris sometimes receives royalties when they are used in sponsored research. B. Foster and N. Johnson have received consulting fees for work done in developing and validating patient-reported outcome measures.
- Received April 20, 2022.
- Accepted July 25, 2022.
- Copyright ©The authors 2022. For reproduction rights and permissions contact permissions{at}ersnet.org
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Vol 60 Issue 4
Table of Contents
Determining and reporting minimal important change for patient-reported outcome instruments in pulmonary medicine
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- Article
- Abstract
- What is the minimal clinically important difference?
- The concept of anchors
- The mean change method
- Other methods for determining the MCID: ROC curves and predictive modelling
- Triangulating to generate a weighted MCID
- Distribution-based approaches to MCID estimation
- Incorporating statistical significance
- Conclusion
- Shareable PDF
- Acknowledgements
- Footnotes
- References
- Figures & Data
- Info & Metrics