New methods can extend the use of minimal important difference units in meta-analyses of continuous outcome measures

Johnston, Bradley C; Thorlund, Kristian; da Costa, Bruno R; Furukawa, Toshi A; Guyatt, Gordon H (2012). New methods can extend the use of minimal important difference units in meta-analyses of continuous outcome measures. Journal of clinical epidemiology, 65(8), pp. 817-26. New York, N.Y.: Elsevier 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2012.02.008

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For continuous outcomes measured using instruments with an established minimally important difference (MID), pooled estimates can be usefully reported in MID units. Approaches suggested thus far omit studies that used instruments without an established MID. We describe an approach that addresses this limitation.

Item Type:

 Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

 04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM)

UniBE Contributor:

 Da Costa, Bruno

Subjects:

 600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

 0895-4356

Publisher:

 Elsevier

Language:

 English

Submitter:

 Factscience Import

Date Deposited:

 04 Oct 2013 14:36

Last Modified:

 05 Dec 2022 14:11

Publisher DOI:

 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2012.02.008

PubMed ID:

 22652347

Web of Science ID:

 000307414800002

BORIS DOI:

 10.7892/boris.14387

URI:

 https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/14387 (FactScience: 221354)

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