Open AccessBaseline Dependency of Minimal Clinically Important Improvement
Author(s) -
YingChih Wang,
Dennis L. Hart,
Paul W. Stratford,
Jerome E. Mioduski
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
physical therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1538-6724
pISSN - 0031-9023
DOI - 10.2522/ptj.20100229
Subject(s) - medicine , physical therapy , minimal clinically important difference , rating scale , quartile , likert scale , receiver operating characteristic , observational study , prospective cohort study , randomized controlled trial , psychology , surgery , confidence interval , developmental psychology
Minimal clinically important improvement (MCII) is the smallest outcome measure change important to patients. Research suggests that MCII is dependent on patients' baseline functional status measures.
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