The concept of clinically meaningful difference in health-related quality-of-life research. How meaningful is it?

作者: Ron D. Hays , J. Michael Woolley

DOI: 10.2165/00019053-200018050-00001

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摘要: … statistically significant yet clinically unimportant. The concept of the minimal clinically meaningful … difference in a HR-QOL score that is considered to be worthwhile or clinically important. …

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