Approaches and Recommendations for Estimating Minimally Important Differences for Health-Related Quality of Life Measures

Ron D. Hays, Sepideh S. Farivar, Honghu H. Liu

ResearchPosted on rand.org 2005Published in: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, v.2, no. 1, Mar. 2005, p. 63-67

The authors describe currently available approaches for estimating the minimally important difference (MID) and their associated strengths and weaknesses. Specifically, we show that anchor-based methods should be the primary method of estimating the MID because of the limitations of distribution-based methods. In addition, we provide recommendations for estimating the MID in future research.

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  • Copyright: Taylor and Francis Group
  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 2005
  • Pages: 5
  • Document Number: EP-200503-31

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