Clinimetrics Corner: The Minimal Clinically Important Change Score (MCID): A Necessary Pretense

作者：Chad E. Cook · 发表于：Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy · 年份：2008 · DOI：10.1179/jmt.2008.16.4.82e · 被引用次数：474 · 研究领域：Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life、Clinical practice guidelines implementation、Meta-analysis and systematic reviews

Minimal clinically important differences (MCID) are patient derived scores that reflect changes in a clinical intervention that are meaningful for the patient. At present, there are a number of different methods to obtain an MCID, as there a number of different factors that can influence the MCID value. This clinimetric corner outlines the hidden challenges associated with identifying a viable MCID and possible suggestions to improve the future development of these single scores.