Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10513719 | Journal of Clinical Epidemiology | 2015 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Although we found no consistent superiority of either approach to establishing the MID, when differences existed they usually favored the absolute, which also has advantages of simplicity and ease of pooling across studies. Researchers may consider the absolute as a default but also compare both methods on an instrument by instrument basis.
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Authors
Yuqing Zhang, Shiyuan Zhang, Lehana Thabane, Toshi A. Furukawa, Bradley C. Johnston, Gordon H. Guyatt,