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01.02.2014

Don’t middle your MIDs: regression to the mean shrinks estimates of minimally important differences

verfasst von: Peter M. Fayers, Ron D. Hays

Erschienen in: Quality of Life Research | Ausgabe 1/2014

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Abstract

Minimal important differences (MIDs) for patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are often estimated by selecting a clinical variable to serve as an anchor. Then, differences in the clinical anchor regarded as clinically meaningful or important can be used to estimate the corresponding value of the PRO. Although these MID values are sometimes estimated by regression techniques, we show that this is a biased procedure and should not be used; alternative methods are proposed.
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Metadaten
Titel
Don’t middle your MIDs: regression to the mean shrinks estimates of minimally important differences
verfasst von
Peter M. Fayers
Ron D. Hays
Publikationsdatum
01.02.2014
Verlag
Springer International Publishing
Erschienen in
Quality of Life Research / Ausgabe 1/2014
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-013-0443-4

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