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Magnitude of the MID by worse/better |
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| Global rating of health change |
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| Somewhat worse |
Somewhat better |
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| Study/patient group |
N |
Mean change (SD) |
N |
Mean change (SD) |
Mean Difference (95% CI) |
P-value |
|
|
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| Older adults 1st follow-up |
1087 |
0.039 (0.099) |
275 |
0.042 (0.098) |
-0.004 (-0.017 to 0.009) |
0.58 |
| Older adults 2nd follow-up |
783 |
0.028 (0.095) |
165 |
0.019 (0.102) |
0.009 (-0.008 to 0.026) |
0.32 |
| IBS patients |
36 |
0.022 (0.096) |
20 |
0.026 (0.097) |
-0.040 (-0.059 to 0.051) |
0.87 |
| IBS control patients |
15 |
0.017 (0.130) |
12 |
0.035 (0.094) |
-0.018 (-0.107 to 0.071) |
0.69 |
| Leg ulcer patients |
14 |
0.082 (0.109) |
31 |
0.009 (0.105) |
0.073 (-0.03 to 0.176) |
0.08 |
| OA Knee patients |
30 |
0.003 (0.073) |
29 |
0.036 (0.059) |
-0.007 (-0.041 to 0.028) |
0.70 |
| Limb reconstruction patients |
10 |
0.044 (0.14) |
19 |
0.051 (0.112) |
-0.007 (-0.117 to 0.102) |
0.88 |
| Early (RA) patients |
17 |
-0.007 (0.117) |
82 |
0.046 (0.109) |
-0.053 (-0.117 to 0.011) |
0.08 |
| COPD Patients |
19 |
0.012 (0.095) |
10 |
0.006 (0.074) |
0.006 (-0.061 to 0.072) |
0.87 |
|
P-value from two-independent samples t-test. | ||||||
Walters and Brazier Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2003 1:4 doi:10.1186/1477-7525-1-4 |
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