Defining clinically meaningful change in health-related quality of life

RD Crosby, RL Kolotkin, GR Williams - Journal of clinical epidemiology, 2003 - Elsevier
This article reviews current approaches to defining clinically meaningful change in health-
related quality of life (HRQOL) and provides guidelines for their use. Definitions of clinically …

On assessing responsiveness of health-related quality of life instruments: guidelines for instrument evaluation

CB Terwee, FW Dekker, WM Wiersinga… - Quality of life …, 2003 - Springer
A lack of clarity exists about the definition and adequate approach for evaluating
responsiveness. An overview is presented of different categories of definitions and methods …

Is a single-item visual analogue scale as valid, reliable and responsive as multi-item scales in measuring quality of life?

AGEM de Boer, JJB van Lanschot, PFM Stalmeier… - Quality of Life …, 2004 - Springer
Purpose: To compare the validity, reliability and responsiveness of a single, global quality of
life question to multi-item scales. Method: Data were obtained from 83 consecutive patients …

The disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand (DASH) outcome questionnaire: reliability and validity of the Swedish version evaluated in 176 patients

I Atroshi, C Gummesson, B Andersson… - Acta Orthopaedica …, 2000 - Taylor & Francis
The disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand (DASH) questionnaire is a self-administered
regionspecific outcome instrument developed to measure upperextremity disability and …

A systematic review of the psychometric properties of the Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire

JCC Leite, C Jerosch-Herold, F Song - BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 2006 - Springer
Abstract Background The Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire (BCTQ) is a disease-specific
measure of self-reported symptom severity and functional status. It is frequently used in the …

[HTML][HTML] Statistical significant change versus relevant or important change in (quasi) experimental design: some conceptual and methodological problems in …

B Middel, E Van Sonderen - International journal of integrated care, 2002 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This paper aims to identify problems in estimating and the interpretation of the magnitude of
intervention-related change over time or responsiveness assessed with health outcome …

Hand pain and sensory deficits: Carpal tunnel syndrome: Clinical practice guidelines linked to the international classification of functioning, disability and health from …

M Erickson, M Lawrence, CWS Jansen, D Coker… - Journal of Orthopaedic & …, 2019 - jospt.org
The Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy and the Academy of Hand and Upper
Extremity Physical Therapy have an ongoing effort to create evidence-based clinical practice …

Responsiveness of the WOMAC osteoarthritis index as compared with the SF-36 in patients with osteoarthritis of the legs undergoing a comprehensive rehabilitation …

F Angst, A Aeschlimann, W Steiner… - Annals of the rheumatic …, 2001 - ard.bmj.com
OBJECTIVE To compare the responsiveness of the condition-specific Western Ontario and
McMaster Universities osteoarthritis (OA) index (WOMAC) and the generic Short Form-36 …

Evaluation of the validity of the AOFAS Clinical Rating Systems by correlation to the SF-36

NF SooHoo, M Shuler… - Foot & ankle international, 2003 - journals.sagepub.com
This study evaluates the validity of the AOFAS Clinical Rating Systems by examining their
level of correlation to the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36 (SF-36) in patients with …

Comparison of the short form (SF)-12 health status instrument with the SF-36 in patients with coronary heart disease

J Müller-Nordhorn, S Roll, SN Willich - Heart, 2004 - heart.bmj.com
Objective: To investigate whether a shorter health status instrument, the short form (SF)-12,
is comparable with its longer version, the SF-36, for measuring health related quality of life of …