Minimal clinically important changes in chronic musculoskeletal pain intensity measured on a numerical rating scale

Salaffi, Fausto; Stancati, Andrea; Alberto Silvestri, Carlo; Ciapetti, Alessandro; Grassi, Walter

doi:10.1016/j.ejpain.2003.09.004

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Minimal clinically important changes in chronic musculoskeletal pain intensity measured on a numerical rating scale

Published in European Journal of Pain • Nov 15, 2003

Authors:

Fausto Salaffi

Andrea Stancati

Carlo Alberto Silvestri

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To determine the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) of changes in chronic musculoskeletal pain intensity that is most closely associated with improvement on the commonly used and validated measure of the patient's global impression of change (PGIC), and to estimate the depend...

Subject

Minimal clinically important difference

Medicine

Osteoarthritis

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