Defining the minimal important difference for the visual analogue scale assessing dyspnea in patients with malignant pleural effusions.

Defining the minimal important difference for the visual analogue scale assessing dyspnea in patients with malignant pleural effusions.

The minimal important difference (MID) is essential for interpreting the results of randomised controlled trials (RCTs). Despite a number of RCTs in patients with malignant pleural effusions (MPEs) which use the visual analogue scale for dyspnea (VASD) as an outcome measure, the MID has not been est...

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Main Authors: Eleanor K Mishra, John P Corcoran, Robert J Hallifax, John Stradling, Nicholas A Maskell, Najib M Rahman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4398419?pdf=render

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