Journal article
Minimal clinically important differences in the EORTC QLQ-BM22 and EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL modules in patients with bone metastases undergoing palliative radiotherapy
Abstract
PurposeValidated tools for evaluating quality of life (QOL) in patients with bone metastases include the EORTC QLQ-BM22 and QLQ-C15-PAL modules. A statistically significant difference in metric scores may not be clinically significant. To aid in their interpretation, we performed analyses to determine the minimal clinically important differences (MCID) for these QOL instruments.MethodsBoth anchor-based and distribution-based methods were used …
Authors
Raman S; Ding K; Chow E; Meyer RM; Nabid A; Chabot P; Coulombe G; Ahmed S; Kuk J; Dar AR
Journal
Quality of Life Research, Vol. 25, No. 10, pp. 2535–2541
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
October 2016
DOI
10.1007/s11136-016-1308-4
ISSN
0962-9343