The anchor design of anchor-based method to determine the minimal clinically important difference: a systematic review

Y Zhang, X Xi, Y Huang - Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2023 - Springer
Background Positive results for clinical outcomes should be not only statistically significant,
but also clinically significant. The minimum clinically important difference (MCID) is used to …

A meta-analysis on the structure of pulmonary rehabilitation maintenance programmes on COPD patients' functional capacity

L Silva, T Maricoto, P Costa, J Berger-Estilita… - NPJ primary care …, 2022 - nature.com
Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) improves functional capacity, health-related quality of life
(HRQoL) in COPD patients, and maintenance programmes are relevant in preserving those …

What are the minimum clinically important differences in SF-36 scores in patients with orthopaedic oncologic conditions?

K Ogura, MA Yakoub, AB Christ… - Clinical Orthopaedics …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Background The SF-36 is widely used to evaluate the health-related quality of life of patients
with musculoskeletal tumors. The minimum clinically important difference (MCID) is useful …

Observational Study of Repeat Immunoadsorption (RIA) in Post-COVID ME/CFS Patients with Elevated ß2-Adrenergic Receptor Autoantibodies—An Interim Report

E Stein, C Heindrich, K Wittke, C Kedor, L Kim… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
There is increasing evidence for an autoimmune aetiology in post-infectious Myalgic
Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). SARS-CoV-2 has now become the …

Clinical and cost-effectiveness of the Lightning Process in addition to specialist medical care for paediatric chronic fatigue syndrome: randomised controlled trial

EM Crawley, DM Gaunt, K Garfield… - Archives of disease in …, 2018 - adc.bmj.com
Objective Investigate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the Lightning Process (LP)
in addition to specialist medical care (SMC) compared with SMC alone, for children with …

Estimation of minimally important differences and responder definitions for EORTC QLQ‐MY20 scores in multiple myeloma patients

K Sully, A Trigg, N Bonner… - European journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Thresholds for the minimally important difference (MID) or responder definition
(RD) in health‐related quality‐of‐life (HRQoL) scores are required to interpret the impact of …

γ-Aminobutyric acids (GABA) and serum GABA/AABA (G/A) ratio as potential biomarkers of physical performance and aging

C Lyssikatos, Z Wang, Z Liu, SJ Warden… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Declining physical performance with age and disease is an important indicator of declining
health. Biomarkers that identify declining physical performance would be useful in predicting …

Minimal Clinically Important Differences for Burke‐Fahn‐Marsden Dystonia Rating Scale and 36‐Item Short‐Form Health Survey

D Pintér, J Janszky, N Kovács - Movement Disorders, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Although an increasing number of trials are reported on the treatment of
generalized or segmental isolated dystonia, the minimal clinically important difference …

Quality of life measures and cost analysis of biologic versus synthetic mesh for ventral hernia repair: The Preventing Recurrence in Clean and Contaminated Hernias …

MM Diab, S Patel, C Young, IE Allen, HW Harris - Surgery, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Although the most durable method for ventral hernia repairs involves using
mesh, whether to use biologic mesh versus synthetic mesh remains controversial. This study …

Paediatric chronic fatigue syndrome: 25 year perspective

ME Loades, E Crawley, T Chalder… - … Child Psychology and …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Over the lifetime of Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, there has been considerable
progress in understanding the epidemiology of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), also …